<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having little length; not long</li><li>having little height; not tall: a short man</li><li>extending or reaching only a little way: a short path</li><li>brief in duration; not extensive in time: a short wait</li><li>brief or concise, as writing</li><li>rudely brief; abrupt; brusque: short behavior</li><li>low in amount; scanty: short rations</li><li>not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough</li><li>below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure</li><li>having a scanty or insufficient amount of (often followed by in or on): He was short in experience</li><li>being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu</li><li>Cooking: (of pastry and the like) crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening</li><li>(of dough) containing a relatively large amount of shortening</li><li>(of metals) deficient in tenacity; friable; brittle</li><li>(of the head or skull) of less than ordinary length from front to back</li><li>not possessing at the time of sale commodities or stocks that one sells</li><li>noting or pertaining to a sale of commodities or stocks that the seller does not possess, depending for profit on a decline in prices</li><li>lasting a relatively short time: “Bit” has a shorter vowel sound than “bid” or “bead”</li><li>belonging to a class of sounds considered as usually shorter in duration than another class</li><li>(of a syllable in quantitative verse) lasting a relatively shorter time than a long syllable</li><li>(of an alcoholic drink) small: a short drink</li><li>(of whiskey) undiluted; straight</li><li>(of clay) not plastic enough to be modeled</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>abruptly or suddenly: to stop short</li><li>briefly; curtly</li><li>on the near side of an intended or particular point: The arrow landed short</li><li>Baseball: with the hands higher on the handle of the bat than usual: He held the bat short and flied out</li><li>in a fielding position closer to home plate than usual</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that is short</li><li>that which is deficient or lacking</li><li>usually the short</li><li>the sum and substance of a matter; gist</li><li>shorts: trousers, knee-length or shorter</li><li>short pants worn by men as an undergarment</li><li>knee breeches, formerly worn by men</li><li>short-term bonds</li><li>crushed ore failing to pass through a given screen, thus being of a larger given size than a specific grade</li><li>remnants, discards, or refuse of various cutting and manufacturing processes</li><li>a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short</li><li>a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size</li><li>Military: a shot that strikes or bursts short of the target</li><li>Electricity: short circuit (def)</li><li>Prosody: a short sound or syllable</li><li>Baseball: shortstop (def 1a)</li><li>Movies: short subject (def)</li><li>Finance: short seller</li><li>a deficiency or the amount of a deficiency</li><li>chiefly British: a small drink of straight whiskey; shot</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cause a short circuit in</li><li>to cheat by giving less than is expected or deserved; shortchange</li><li>Stock Exchange: to sell (stocks, commodities, etc.) that one does not possess, with the intent of making a profit by purchasing them later at a lower price</li></ul>