Definitions
How to pronounce short:
Short - as an adjective
Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
Example: "A short life"
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Example: "Short skirts"
Low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
Example: "He was short and stocky"
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
Example: "A short memory"
Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
Example: "A short sale"
Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Example: "The english vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
Short - as a noun
The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Short - as an adverb
Clean across
Example: "The car's axle snapped short"
Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
Example: "He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
At some point or distance before a goal is reached
Example: "He fell short of our expectations"
So as to interrupt
Example: "She took him up short before he could continue"
In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
Example: "He told me curtly to get on with it"
Quickly and without warning
Example: "He stopped suddenly"
Short - as an adjective satellite
Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Example: "An inadequate income"
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Example: "A light pound"
Lacking foresight or scope
Example: "A short view of the problem"
Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
Example: "Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
Short - as a verb
Short - as a preposition
Deficient in.
Example: "He's short common sense."
Having a negative position in.
Example: "I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
SHORT has a SCRABBLE points total of 8.
SHORT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
SHORT has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
