short (Noun) — The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.
short (Noun) — Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.
short (Noun) — The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
short (Adjective) — Primarily temporal sense; indicating, being or seeming to be limited in duration. ex. "a short life" ex. "a short flight" ex. "a short holiday" ex. "a short story" ex. "only a few short months"
short (Adjective) — (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length. ex. "short skirts" ex. "short hair" ex. "the board was a foot short" ex. "a short toss"
short (Adjective) — Low in stature; not tall. ex. "he was short and stocky" ex. "short in stature" ex. "a short smokestack"
short (Adjective) — Not sufficient to meet a need. ex. "money is short" ex. "on short rations" ex. "food is in short supply" ex. "short on experience"
short (Adjective) — (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range. ex. "a short memory"
short (Adjective) — (finance) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices. ex. "a short sale" ex. "short in cotton"
short (Adjective) — (phonetics) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration. ex. "the English vowel sounds in 'pat', 'pet', 'pit', 'pot', putt' are short"
short (Adjective) — Less than the correct, legal or full amount, often deliberately. ex. "regularly gives short weight"
short (Adjective) — Lacking foresight or scope. ex. "a short view of the problem" ex. "a short-sighted view of the problem"
short (Adjective) — Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening. ex. "a short flaky pie crust" ex. "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
short (Adjective) — Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. ex. "the salesgirl was very short with him"
short (Verb) — Cheat someone by not returning him enough money.
short (Verb) — Create a short circuit in.
short (Adverb) — Quickly and without warning. ex. "he stopped short"
short (Adverb) — (finance) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold. ex. "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
short (Adverb) — Clean across. ex. "the car's axle snapped short"
short (Adverb) — At some point or distance before a goal is reached. ex. "he fell short of our expectations"
short (Adverb) — So as to interrupt. ex. "She took him up short before he could continue"
short (Adverb) — At a disadvantage. ex. "I was caught short"
short (Adverb) — In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. ex. "he talked short with everyone"