Synonym: brief, concise, curt, little, puny, slight, small, succinct. Antonym: long, tall. Similar words: shorts, shortly, in short, shortage, cut short, short-term, horn, horror. Meaning: [ʃɔrt /ʃɔːt] 
n. 1. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference 3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. v. 1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money 2. create a short circuit in. adj. 1. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration 2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length 3. low in stature; not tall 4. not sufficient to meet a need 5. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 6. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices 7. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration 8. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so 9. lacking foresight or scope 10. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening 11. marked by rude or peremptory shortness. adv. 1. quickly and without warning 2. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold 3. clean across 4. at some point or distance before a goal is reached 5. so as to interrupt 6. at a disadvantage 7. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner.
n. 1. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference 3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. v. 1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money 2. create a short circuit in. adj. 1. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration 2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length 3. low in stature; not tall 4. not sufficient to meet a need 5. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 6. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices 7. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration 8. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so 9. lacking foresight or scope 10. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening 11. marked by rude or peremptory shortness. adv. 1. quickly and without warning 2. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold 3. clean across 4. at some point or distance before a goal is reached 5. so as to interrupt 6. at a disadvantage 7. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. 
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(61) I will cut a long story short.
(62) The little dog jumped over the short stool.
(63) After a short break the play continued.
(64) They halted at a short distance from the house.
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(66) Love remained short,the memory last long.
(67) Try to keep your sentences short.
(68) After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.
(69) His trousers were slightly too short.
(70) Even a short walk exhausted her.
(71) She had short[sentencedict.com], wavy brown hair.
(72) He has a short attention/concentration span.
(73) The syrup boils down in a short time.
(74) Let's take a short break for lunch.
(75) Runyon was a master of the short story.
(76) The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.
(77) For short, do not remember every detail, every mood.
(78) Life is short and time is swift.
(79) The film has the merit of being short.
(80) She penned a short memo to his private secretary.
(81) I'm under instructions to keep my speech short.
(82) What? You mean I'm too short?
(83) The short, meaty reports are those he likes best.
(84) Short skirts are very much in vogue just now.
(85) Small children have a short attention span.
(86) You've cut my hair very short.
(87) He stopped short in the middle of his story.
(88) She cut her hair very short.
(89) Art is long, but life is short.
(90) Don't use the car for short journeys.