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Short describes something that is not as long as usual. If your childhood bed is too short for you, your feet will dangle over the edge, and if a school day is short, you'll get out early.

The adjective short describes things that aren't long when you measure them, or have a small distance from one end to another, like your short hair or the short walk to the library. A small amount of time can also be described as short, like a short chat with your mom. As a verb, short can describe cheating someone out of money or not paying what is owed, like a friend who shorts you when the lunch bill arrives.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: short

1	adj adv n	(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length at some point or distance before a goal is reached the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
2	adj adv	primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration quickly and without warning
3	n v	accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference create a short circuit in
4	adj adv v	not sufficient to meet a need at a disadvantage cheat someone by not returning him enough money
5	adj adv	not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
6	adj	tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
7	adj adv	marked by rude or peremptory shortness in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
8	adv	clean across

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: 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”

Synonyms: abbreviated, brief
(of clothing) very short; close
used of hair or haircuts; curtal
(obsolete) cut short; sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
cut short; shortish
somewhat short; short-range
limited to short distances; short-snouted
having a snout that is shorter than average; snub
unusually short; stubby
short and blunt; shortened, telescoped
shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; truncate, truncated
terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

Antonyms:: long
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; elongate, elongated
having notably more length than width; being long and slender; elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged
drawn out or made longer spatially; extendable, extendible
capable of being lengthened; far
being of a considerable distance or length; lank
long and thin and often limp; long-handled, pole-handled
having a long handle; long-range
suitable for or reaching long distances; long-snouted
having a snout that is longer than average; long-staple
having relatively long fibers; long-wool, long-wooled
(of sheep) having relatively long wool; oblong
deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction; polysyllabic, sesquipedalian
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; stretch
having an elongated seating area; show more antonyms...

adj low in stature; not tall

“he was short and stocky”

“short in stature”

“a short smokestack”

Synonyms:: little

: low
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
having a short and solid form or stature; half-length
representing only the upper half of the body; pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off
well below average height; short-stalked
of plants having relatively short stalks; squab, squabby
short and fat

Antonyms:: tall
great in vertical dimension; high in stature; high
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); big, large
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy
tall and thin and having long slender limbs; in height
having a specified height; leggy, long-legged, long-shanked
having long legs; leggy, tall-growing
(of plants) having tall spindly stems; long
of relatively great height; long-stalked, tall-stalked
of plants having relatively long stalks; stately, statuesque
of size and dignity suggestive of a statue; tallish
somewhat tall; show more antonyms...

adv at some point or distance before a goal is reached

“he fell short of our expectations”

n the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

Type of:: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
an extended area of land

n the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

Synonyms:: shortstop

Type of:: position
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

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”

Synonyms: abbreviated, shortened, truncated
cut short in duration; brief
of short duration or distance; clipped
(of speech) having quick short sounds; fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
lasting for a markedly brief time; short and sweet
dealt with very quickly; to the point; short-dated
of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption; short-range
relating to the near future; short-run, short-term
relating to or extending over a limited period

Antonyms:: long
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; agelong
lasting through all time; bimestrial
two months long; lasting two months; chronic, continuing
of long duration; daylong
lasting through an entire day; drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived
existing for a long time; eight-day
lasting for eight days; endless, eternal, interminable
tiresomely long; seemingly without end; hourlong
lasting for an hour; lifelong, womb-to-tomb
continuing through life; long-acting
active over a long period of time; long-dated
of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption; longish
somewhat long; long-life
(of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual; longitudinal
over an extended time; long-range
involving an extended span of time; long-run, long-term, semipermanent
relating to or extending over a relatively long time; longstanding
having existed for a long time; monthlong
last through a month; all-night, nightlong, overnight
lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; perennial
lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; time-consuming
of a task that takes time and patience; seven-day, weeklong
lasting through a week; yearlong
lasting through a year; show more antonyms...