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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(151) If you want something, don't wish for it. Life is too short to wait.
(152) The editor is short of contributions for the June issure.
(153) No matter how cruel the destiny treats one with tribulation and misfortune, it will correspondingly treat him with happiness and sweetness. Even if the happiness is short and false, it's enough to light up the whole future life.
(154) It crossed my mind yesterday that you must be a bit short of staff - shall I send someone to help out?
(154) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(155) We have learnt how to condense serious messages into short, self-contained sentences.
(156) Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.
(157) He has issued a short, cryptic statement denying the spying charges.
(158) Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
(159) if the short cut to learning, it also must be diligent.
(160) The little girl was dressed in a very short skirt.
(161) The short life of the flowers away, leaving behind the beauty is forever.
(162) He left the room, returning after a short interval with a message.
(163) Take a step, the longest road also be nothing difficult; remain stagnant, then a short way are hard to reach.
(164) The world is big and life is short. Live the life the way you want.
(165) He was short and thin,(sentencedict.com) with a sharp nose and hollow eyes.
(166) I hope you don't mind me landing you with the children at such short notice.
(167) The fact remains that we are still two teachers short.
(168) Don't give up, just be you. Because life's too short to be anybody else.
(169) At this juncture , I suggest we take a short break.
(170) Life is too short for us to wake up in the morning with regrets.
(171) He made a short pause and then went on reading.
(172) The short answer to your query is that he has acted completely illegally.
(173) A short vowel is a short sound as in the word 'cup'.
(174) The lights were not working because of a short circuit.
(175) The most melancholy thing in life is a farewell between those in love,even though it is but for a short time.
(176) Our camp is only a short haul from here.
(177) Her remark pulled me up short.
(178) NATO is short for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(179) Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
(180) The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers.