Please select the first letter in the word you are seeking (Example: select 'r' for 'reform').
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Dictionary definition for the word "short"
short
28 definitions
1: 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" [ant: long] 2: primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" [ant: long] 3: low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack" [ant: tall] 4: 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" [syn: inadequate, poor] 5: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" [ant: long] 6: of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt') [ant: long] 7: 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" 8: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, {scant(p)}] 9: used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration 10: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" 11: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic] 12: unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students" [syn: unforbearing] 13: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered] 14: most direct; "took the shortest and most direct route to town" [syn: shortest] 15: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, {short(p)}] n 16: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 17: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference [syn: short circuit] 18: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base [syn: shortstop] adv 20: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" 21: clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" 22: at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" 23: so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" 24: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: unawares] 25: tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel" 26: 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" [syn: curtly, shortly] v 27: cheat someone by not returning him enough money [syn: short-change] 28: create a short-circuit in [syn: short-circuit]
Do you need more info about short, find it at FindTarget Reference
|
© 2008 - 2009 Findtarget.com, All Rights Reserved.