short

short
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adj.
1 not measuring much from one end to the other
VERBS
be, look, seem
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
comparatively, relatively

a relatively short distance of 50 to 100 miles

2 not lasting a long time
VERBS
be, feel, seem
become, get

The days are getting shorter and shorter.

make sth
keep sth

Do you mind if we keep the meeting short?

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
remarkably, surprisingly
reasonably
comparatively, relatively

It was all over in a relatively short space of time.

mercifully

The interview was mercifully short.

tragically

a young woman whose life was cut tragically short

3 not having enough of what is needed
VERBS
be, look

Our team was one player short.

become, get

We're getting short of funds.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

If space is very short, that door can be moved.

terribly, woefully

His performance was woefully short of conviction.

United looked terribly short of menace in attack.

a little, slightly, etc.
PREPOSITION
of

Mike was a little short of cash just then.

PHRASES
in short supply

Safe drinking water is in desperately short supply.

Short is used with these nouns: ↑account, ↑acquaintance, ↑address, ↑answer, ↑arm, ↑article, ↑ball, ↑bang, ↑bark, ↑beak, ↑bibliography, ↑biography, ↑blast, ↑break, ↑breath, ↑breather, ↑burst, ↑call, ↑career, ↑ceremony, ↑chase, ↑chat, ↑chimney, ↑circuit, ↑climb, ↑clip, ↑coat, ↑conversation, ↑cord, ↑corner, ↑corridor, ↑course, ↑crack, ↑cut, ↑delay, ↑description, ↑detour, ↑distance, ↑diversion, ↑document, ↑dress, ↑drive, ↑duration, ↑excerpt, ↑excursion, ↑extract, ↑fiction, ↑film, ↑flight, ↑fuse, ↑gap, ↑gasp, ↑grass, ↑guide, ↑hair, ↑haircut, ↑handle, ↑haul, ↑honeymoon, ↑illness, ↑interruption, ↑interval, ↑introduction, ↑journey, ↑labour, ↑laugh, ↑layover, ↑lease, ↑leg, ↑letter, ↑life, ↑lifetime, ↑limb, ↑line, ↑list, ↑man, ↑meeting, ↑memory, ↑message, ↑monologue, ↑month, ↑nail, ↑nap, ↑neck, ↑note, ↑notice, ↑odds, ↑order, ↑overview, ↑pants, ↑paragraph, ↑pass, ↑passage, ↑pause, ↑period, ↑piece, ↑poem, ↑prayer, ↑puff, ↑questionnaire, ↑résumé, ↑rally, ↑range, ↑ration, ↑recess, ↑recession, ↑reply, ↑report, ↑respite, ↑rest, ↑review, ↑ride, ↑route, ↑run, ↑section, ↑sentence, ↑sequence, ↑session, ↑shorts, ↑siesta, ↑silence, ↑sketch, ↑skirt, ↑sleep, ↑sleeve, ↑slope, ↑sock, ↑solo, ↑space, ↑span, ↑speech, ↑spell, ↑sprint, ↑statement, ↑stature, ↑stay, ↑stem, ↑stick, ↑stint, ↑stop, ↑story, ↑stretch, ↑stride, ↑strike, ↑stroke, ↑stroll, ↑summary, ↑sword, ↑syllable, ↑tail, ↑talk, ↑temper, ↑tenure, ↑term, ↑time, ↑trek, ↑trip, ↑trousers, ↑tunnel, ↑update, ↑vacation, ↑version, ↑visit, ↑vowel, ↑wait, ↑walk, ↑wall, ↑war, ↑wavelength, ↑way, ↑week, ↑while, ↑whistle, ↑wing, ↑year
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adv.
Short is used with these verbs: ↑cut, ↑stop

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  • Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • short — [shôrt] adj. [ME < OE scort, akin to ON skort, short piece of clothing, OHG scurz, short < IE * (s)kerd < base * (s)ker , to cut, SHEAR < CURT] 1. not extending far from end to end; not long or not long enough 2. not great in span,… …   English World dictionary

  • short — [ ʃɔrt ] n. m. • 1910; angl. shorts, de short « court » ♦ Culotte courte (pour le sport, les vacances). Short de tennis. Être en short. ⇒aussi bermuda, boxer short, flottant. Des shorts. Loc. fam. Tailler un short à qqn, le frôler (en voiture). ● …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • short — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a small length or duration. 2) relatively small in extent. 3) (of a person) small in height. 4) (short of/on) not having enough of. 5) in insufficient supply. 6) (of a person) terse; uncivil. 7) …   English terms dictionary

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  • short — 1 adj 1: treated or disposed of quickly in court the calendar for short causes 2 a: not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices a seller who was short at the time of the sale b: consisting of or relating to… …   Law dictionary

  • Short S.23 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda S.23 Short Clase C de Qantas, 1940 Tipo Hidrocanoa de correo y pasaje Fabricante …   Wikipedia Español

  • short — short; short·age; short·en; short·en·er; short·ish; short·ite; short·ly; short·ness; short·om·e·ter; short·schat; short·sight·ed·ness; short·some; ul·tra·short; short·hand·ed·ness; short·shat; short·sight·ed·ly; …   English syllables

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  • Short — may refer to: * Short (surname) * Holly Short, a fictional character from the Artemis Fowl series * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short (finance), stock trading status * Short film, a cinema… …   Wikipedia

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