short in WordNet English dictionary

1. quickly and without warning
   "he stopped suddenly"
   abruptly  suddenly  short  dead  abruptly  suddenly  short  dead 
   
2. 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  short  shortly  curtly  short  shortly 
   
3. at a disadvantage
   "I was caught short"
   short  unawares  short  unawares 
   
4. so as to interrupt
   "She took him up short before he could continue"
   short  short 
   
5. at some point or distance before a goal is reached
   "he fell short of our expectations"
   short  short 
   
6. clean across
   "the car's axle snapped short"
   short  short 
   
7. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
   "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
   short  short 
   

1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
   "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
   brusque  brusk  curt  short 
   
2. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
   "a short memory"
   unretentive  forgetful  short 
   
3. 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"
   inadequate  poor  short 
   
4. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
   "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
   light  scant  short 
   
5. low in stature; not tall
   "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
   short  little 
   
6. lacking foresight or scope
   "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
   short  shortsighted  unforesightful  myopic 
   
7. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
   "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
   short 
   
8. 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 
   
9. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
   "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
   short 
   
10. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
    "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
    short 
    
11. 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 
    

1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
   shortstop  short 
   
2. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
   short 
   
3. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
   short circuit  short 
   

1. create a short circuit in
   short-circuit  short 
   
2. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
   short-change  short