Short

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  • adjective. Having little length; not long.
  • adjective. Having little height; not tall.
  • adjective. Extending or traveling not far or not far enough.
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  • adjective. Lasting a brief time.
  • adjective. Appearing to pass quickly.
  • adjective. Not lengthy; succinct.
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  • adjective. Rudely brief; abrupt.
  • adjective. Easily provoked; irascible.
  • adjective. Inadequate; insufficient.
  • adjective. Lacking in length or amount.
  • adjective. Lacking in breadth or scope.
  • adjective. Deficient in retentiveness.
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  • adjective. Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a short sale.
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  • adjective. Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky.
  • adjective. Not ductile; brittle.
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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, “evil,” as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, “apple tree.”
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (oo͝) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.
  • adjective. Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
  • adjective. Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
  • adverb. Abruptly; quickly.
  • adverb. In a rude or curt manner.
  • adverb. At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal.
  • adverb. At a disadvantage.
  • adverb. By means of a short sale.
  • noun. Something short, as.
  • noun. A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.
  • noun. A brief film; a short subject.
  • noun. A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.
  • noun. Short trousers extending to the knee or above.
  • noun. Men's undershorts.
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  • noun. A short sale.
  • noun. One that sells short.
  • noun. A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.
  • noun. Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
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  • noun. A short circuit.
  • noun. A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
  • noun. A shortstop.
  • intransitive verb. To cause a short circuit in.
  • intransitive verb. To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.
  • intransitive verb. To short-sell (a security or index).
  • intransitive verb. To short-circuit.
  • idiom. (for short) As an abbreviation.
  • Word Usage
    "Sometimes they are compared by the _Adverbs_ _very, infinitely_; and the _Adjectives_ _more, most_; _less, least_; as _long, very long, infinitely long_; _short, more short, most short_; _commonly, less commonly, least commonly_."