An unintentional electrical connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuitry or installation.
Short in height; low in stature; not tall.
Lasting for a small length of time; limited in temporal duration.
Not reaching a standard; Not sufficient to meet a need or requirement.
A quantity, time, number, etc. that is less than what is expressed.
Something traveling not as far as intended.
Having an insufficient supply of.
Having sold a borrowed stock which the seller hopes to buy at a lower price before the time to return it.
To cause a short circuit.
To sell something that is borrowed, with the hope of buying it later at a lower price, before the time to return it.
To cheat someone by giving them less money than what are due.
Something short, like a short film, short shot, a short story, a short signal, etc.
A contraction for a name.
quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
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"
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"
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
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"
(phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
(finance) 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"
(prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"
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"
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel"
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"
(finance) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
most direct; "took the shortest and most direct route to town"
lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"
at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students"
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
create a short-circuit in
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
electrical circuit is overloaded
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat'', `pet'', `pit'', `pot'', putt'')
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
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"
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"
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
create a short circuit in
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
lacking foresight or scope
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
not sufficient to meet a need
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
low in stature; not tall
quickly and without warning
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
at a disadvantage
so as to interrupt
at some point or distance before a goal is reached
clean across
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
