eng: short

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Meaning
means	(noun) the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed short
means	(noun) accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference short circuit, short
means	(noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base short, shortstop
means	(verb) cheat someone by not returning him enough money short-change, short
means	(verb) create a short circuit in short-circuit, short
means	(adjective) 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" short
means	(adjective) (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" short
means	(adjective) low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man" little, short
means	(adjective) 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" short, inadequate, poor
means	(adjective) (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" short, unretentive, forgetful
means	(adjective) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" short
means	(adjective) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" short
means	(adjective) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" scant, short, light
means	(adjective) lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" short, myopic, unforesightful, shortsighted
means	(adjective) tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" short
means	(adjective) marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" brusque, curt, brusk, short
means	(adverb) quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" dead, short, abruptly, suddenly
means	(adverb) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" short
means	(adverb) clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" short
means	(adverb) at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" short
means	(adverb) so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" short
means	(adverb) at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" short, unawares
means	(adverb) 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" curtly, shortly, short
means	e/Buy to cover

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eng: short

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