short
noun
1 short
The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.
2 short
Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.
synonym: short circuit.
Dutch: kortsluiting
3 short
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
synonym: shortstop.
verb
1 short
Cheat someone by not returning him enough money.
synonym: short-change.
2 short
Create a short circuit in.
synonym: short-circuit.
Dutch: kortsluiten
adjective
1 short
Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration.
Roget 304:
unreached;
deficient;
short,
short of;
minus;
out of depth;
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460.
Roget 328:
brittle,
brash [U.S.],
breakable,
weak,
frangible,
fragile,
frail,
gimcrack†,
shivery,
fissile;
splitting
etc.
v.;
lacerable†,
splintery,
crisp,
crimp,
short,
brittle as glass.
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Polish: niedługi, krótki, krótkotrwały
2 short
primarily spatial sense Having little length or lacking in length.
Polish: krótki, niedługi
3 short
Low in stature; not tall:
— He was short and stocky.
— Short in stature.
— A short smokestack.
synonym: little.
Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Polish: nikczemnego wzrostu, konusowaty, kurduplowaty
4 short
Of insufficient quantity to meet a need:
— Money is short.
— On short rations.
— Food is in short supply.
— Short on experience.
synonyms: inadequate, jejune, poor.
5 short
6 short
Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices.
7 short
Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration.
8 short
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so:
— Regularly gives short weight.
synonyms: light, scant.
9 short
Lacking foresight or scope:
— A short view of the problem.
— Shortsighted policies.
— Shortsighted critics derided the plan.
synonyms: myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful.
Polish: krótkowzroczny
10 short
Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening.
Polish: skruszały
11 short
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness:
— The salesgirl was very short with him.
synonyms: brusk, brusque, curt.
Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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Roget 572:
concise,
brief,
short,
terse,
close;
to the point,
exact;
neat,
compact;
compressed,
condensed,
pointed;
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant,
summary;
pregnant;
compendious
etc.
(compendium)
596;
succinct;
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp;
sententious.
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Roget 895:
discourteous,
uncourteous†;
uncourtly†;
ill-bred,
ill-mannered,
ill-behaved,
ill-conditioned;
unbred;
unmannerly,
unmannered;
impolite,
unpolite†;
unpolished,
uncivilized,
ungenteel;
ungentleman-like,
ungentlemanly;
unladylike;
blackguard;
vulgar
etc.
851;
dedecorous†;
foul-mouthed foul-spoken;
abusive.
uncivil,
ungracious,
unceremonious;
cool;
pert,
forward,
obtrusive,
impudent,
rude,
saucy,
precocious.
repulsive;
uncomplaisant†,
unaccommodating,
unneighborly,
ungallant;
inaffable†;
ungentle,
ungainly;
rough,
rugged,
bluff,
blunt,
gruff;
churlish,
boorish,
bearish;
brutal,
brusque;
stern,
harsh,
austere;
cavalier.
taint,
sour,
crabbed,
sharp,
short,
trenchant,
sarcastic,
biting,
doggish,
caustic,
virulent,
bitter,
acrimonious,
venomous,
contumelious;
snarling
etc.
v.;
surly,
surly as a bear;
perverse;
grim,
sullen
etc.
901.1;
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
untactful,
impolitic,
undiplomatic;
artless
etc.
703;
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adverb
1 short
2 short
Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold.
3 short
4 short
At some point or distance before a goal is reached.
5 short
6 short
At a disadvantage:
— I was caught short.
synonym: unawares.
7 short
In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner:
— He talked short with everyone.
— He said shortly that he didn't like it.
synonyms: curtly, shortly.
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