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