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Definition of "short"
adv: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
adj: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
noun: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
adj: 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"
adj: low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
adv: so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"
adv: clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"
adj: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
adv: at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"
adv: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
adj: 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"
adj: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
adj: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

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