short
short
ʃɔrt
shawrt
/ʃɔːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "short"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āϛ⧋āϟ

having a below-average distance between two points
short definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He preferred to wear short pants while exercising to allow for greater freedom of movement.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ

lasting for a brief time
short definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave me a short introduction to the project.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āϛ⧋āϟ, āĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹

(of a person) having a height that is less than what is thought to be the average height
short definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The short man had to stand on his tiptoes to reach the top shelf at the grocery store.
āĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāϞ⧁āϚāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

lacking a sufficient amount of something in general
short definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We ’re running short on time to complete the project.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
05

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

lacking an exact amount or number needed to meet a specific requirement or total
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team is three players short for the match.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāϜāύ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĨ¤
06

āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ, āĻ–āϏāĻ–āϏ⧇

(of pastry) easily broken apart due to a high amount of fat
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her shortbread cookies were perfectly short, melting in the mouth with each bite.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āĻĄ āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āĻ—āϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤāĨ¤
07

āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§€

(of decision-making and planning) focusing only on immediate outcomes without considering long-term effects
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company ’s short strategy ignored future market trends.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€

(of syllables and vowels) having a brief duration, specifically when referring to speech sounds or syllables
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the word “ cat, ” the vowel sound is short.
"āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ" āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤāĨ¤
09

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž

selling a financial instrument that one does not own, hoping to buy it back at a lower price
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Being short on the company ’s shares, she hoped to buy them back at a lower price.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāϟ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

a strong alcoholic drink served in a small amount
short definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She raised her short of tequila in a toast to celebrate their success.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāϟ āĻŸā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ, āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

the spot on a baseball field where the shortstop stands, usually between second and third base
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the game, the ball was hit directly to short.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ-āĻ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.1

āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ

the role or position of the player who is placed between second and third base on a baseball field
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Our team ’s short has the best fielding percentage in the league.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϞ⧀āϗ⧇ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϟ, āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ

an accident caused by two wires touching by mistake, making electricity flow the wrong way
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A short in the wiring caused a small fire.
āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ

a movie with a short duration, sometimes shown before the feature movie in a movie theater
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the main feature, they screened a delightful animated short about a lost puppy.
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a sudden and unexpected manner, often catching others by surprise
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She answered the question short and bluntly, startling everyone in the room.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇

in a manner that results in a clean, straight cut across something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He chopped the carrot short, creating perfectly even pieces for the stew.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāϜāϰāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝ⧁⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ

used to describe selling something without possessing it at the time of sale
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Traders often go short on commodities to hedge against price drops.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, āĻ°ā§‚ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

used to describe speaking or acting in a brief and blunt way that lacks politeness or consideration for others
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He dismissed the proposal short, without giving any reasons for his decision.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž

in an unexpected or unprepared manner, often leading to a sudden challenge
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They had high hopes for the project, but it came up short of their expectations.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻšā§āϚ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž, abruptāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a manner that abruptly interrupts or stops something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The power outage cut the show short, disappointing the audience.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‹āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϟ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a short circuit in an electrical device, leading to malfunction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Water leakage shorted the electrical panel, causing a power outage.
āϜāϞ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻŦ⧈āĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give someone less money than they are owed, often intentionally
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt frustrated when the clerk shorted him at the register.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϝāĻ–āύ āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

shortish
shortly
shortness
short
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