(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
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"
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat'', `pet'', `pit'', `pot'', putt'' are short"
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" पर्याय: unretentive, forgetful,
low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man" पर्याय: little,
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" पर्याय: curtly, shortly, curtly, shortly,
at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" पर्याय: unawares, unawares,
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"
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
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" पर्याय: curtly, shortly, curtly, shortly,
at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" पर्याय: unawares, unawares,
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"
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" पर्याय: brusque, brusk, curt,
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" पर्याय: shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic,
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" पर्याय: inadequate, poor,
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" पर्याय: light, scant,