Small in length, distance, or height Used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of… In a rude or curt manner At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal A missile that landed short of the target We were caught short by the sudden storm.
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word short Jones smashes a grounder between third and short The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne. (having a small distance between ends or edges) Short is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is shallow in the negative vertical dimension In the horizontal dimension narrow is more commonly used.
Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words Short, brief are opposed to long, and indicate slight extent or duration Short may imply duration but is also applied to physical distance and certain purely spatial relations
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