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without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" unretentive
used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration unstressed
low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack" chunky, half-length, pint-size, squab
containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" tender
tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel"
at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"
at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"
clean across; "the car''s axle snapped short"
lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" improvident
unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students" impatient
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat'', `pet'', `pit'', `pot'', putt'')
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" abbreviated, brief, clipped, fleeting, short-dated, short-range, short-run, telescoped, short and sweet(p)
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" abbreviated, close, curtal, sawed-off, shortish, short-range, short-snouted, telescoped, snub, stubby, truncate
most direct; "took the shortest and most direct route to town" direct
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
create a short-circuit in
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn''t like it"
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" insufficient
not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" insufficient
quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" ill-natured
     

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