short

1. Primarily temporal sense;
   Indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration (synset 301445077)
   "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
   tells us about: duration, length - continuance in time
   similar to:

   • abbreviated, shortened, truncated - cut short in duration
   • brief - of short duration or distance
   • clipped - (of speech) having quick short sounds
   • fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary - lasting for a markedly brief time
   • short and sweet - dealt with very quickly; to the point
   • short-dated - of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption
   • short-range - relating to the near future
   • short-run, short-term - relating to or extending over a limited period
2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (synset 301438878)
   "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
   tells us about: length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
   similar to:

   • abbreviated, brief - (of clothing) very short
   • close - used of hair or haircuts
   • curtal - (archaic) cut short
   • sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened - cut short
   • shortish - somewhat short
   • short-range - limited to short distances
   • short-snouted - having a snout that is shorter than average
   • snub - unusually short
   • stubby - short and blunt
   • shortened, telescoped - shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
   • truncate, truncated - terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
3. Low in stature;
   Not tall (synset 302395180)
   "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
   also: low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
   tells us about: height, stature - (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
   similar to:

   • chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
   • compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset - having a short and solid form or stature
   • half-length - representing only the upper half of the body
   • pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off - well below average height
   • short-stalked - of plants having relatively short stalks
   • squab, squabby - short and fat
   same as: little
4. Of insufficient quantity to meet a need (synset 302344882)
   "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
   similar to: deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
   same as: inadequate, jejune, poor
5. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range (synset 302013127)
   "a short memory"
   also: forgetful, mindless, unmindful - not mindful or attentive
   same as: forgetful, unretentive
6. Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices (synset 301447511)
   "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
   referred to in: finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
7. Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration (synset 301447121)
   "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
   referred to in: phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
8. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so (synset 302345399)
   "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
   similar to: deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
   same as: light, scant
9. Lacking foresight or scope (synset 301902113)
   "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
   similar to: improvident - not provident; not providing for the future
   same as: myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful
10. Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening (synset 300712466)
    "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
    similar to: breakable - capable of being broken or damaged
11. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness (synset 300643682)
    "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
    similar to: discourteous - showing no courtesy; rude
    same as: brusk, brusque, curt

1. The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed (synset 104211665)
   is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
   is a part of: baseball diamond, diamond, infield - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
2. Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (synset 104211801)
   is a type of: contact, tangency - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
   is a part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
   same as: short circuit
3. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base (synset 100725235)
   is a type of: position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
   belongs to: baseball team - a team that plays baseball
   same as: shortstop

1. Quickly and without warning (synset 400062066)
   "he stopped suddenly"
   same as: abruptly, dead, suddenly
2. Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold (synset 400455142)
   "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
   referred to in: finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
3. Clean across (synset 400455064)
   "the car's axle snapped short"
4. At some point or distance before a goal is reached (synset 400454943)
   "he fell short of our expectations"
5. So as to interrupt (synset 400454841)
   "She took him up short before he could continue"
6. At a disadvantage (synset 400454757)
   "I was caught short"
   same as: unawares
7. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner (synset 400298575)
   "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
   same as: curtly, shortly

1. Cheat someone by not returning him enough money (synset 202578724)
   is a type of: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize - deprive of by deceit
   same as: short-change
2. Create a short circuit in (synset 201621903)
   is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
   same as: short-circuit

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