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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(121) Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America.
(122) By my reckoning, this short cut will save us five miles.
(123) The government is running short of hard currency to pay for imports.
(124) The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after a short deliberation.
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(125) We made a short diversion to go and look at the castle.
(126) From Poiso we make a short diversion to drive to the top of the mountain.
(127) The acquired any reason to ask you, have a permanence is only a short do.
(128) This short story was published by two journals of repute.
(129) A lifetime is too short for all the great books there are!
(130) She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.
(131) Life is short, so smile while you still have teeth.
(132) He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
(133) Lunch will be preceded by a short speech from the chairman.
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(135) My grave is not short of you to burn incense.
(136) Don't give up,just be you,cause life's too short to be anybody else.
(137) If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a short list of no more than six.
(138) Have a short sensitive puberty we,always love to do with age is not consistent.
(139) In the 1920s, short hair for women became the vogue.
(140) The director gave the cast a short respite before the next scene.
(141) The conference closed with a short speech by the organizer.
(142) The teacher asked the students to make up short dialogues by themselves.
(143) I'm short of funds so I'll pay you next week.
(144) After a short while it began to blow a blizzard.
(145) Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
(146) He made a short acceptance speech / speech of acceptance.
(147) Doctors are short of time to listen and are therefore keen to dish out drugs whenever they can.
(148) Prison order is rendered unstable by young inmates serving short sentences.
(149) To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.
(150) It will be a saving to take a short cut.