short meaning
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[ʃɔːt] [ʃɔɹt] [ʃɑɹt] [-ɔː(ɹ)t] 
US WShort
- Short or shortness may refer to:
FR short 
- NounPLshorts
- A short circuit.
- A short film.
- Used to indicate a short-length version of a size.
- 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
- Do you have that size in a short.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
- (finance) A short seller.
- The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
- (finance) A short sale.
- He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
- A summary account.
- (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- A short circuit.
- VerbSGshortsPRshortingPT, PPshorted
- VT To cause a short circuit in (something).
- VI Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- VT To shortchange.
- VT To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
- VT (business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- OBS To shorten.
- VT To cause a short circuit in (something).
- AdjectiveCOMshorterSUPshortest
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
- Having little duration; opposite of long.
- Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
- (cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
- (cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
- (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.).
- Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
- He gave a short answer to the question.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- a short supply of provisions
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
- to be short of money
- The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- an account which is short of the truth
- OBS Not distant in time; near at hand.
- In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- AdverbCOMshorterSUPshortest
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
- He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
- The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
- Unawares.
- The recent developments at work caught them short.
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- His speech fell short of what was expected.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- We went short most finance companies in July.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- Preposition
- Deficient in.
- We are short a few men on the second shift.
- He's short common sense.
- (finance) Having a negative position in.
- I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
- Deficient in.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The platform grain shield and the windboard at rear of the binder deck will assist in making better bundles and prevent scattering of grain, if properly adjusted for long or short straw.
- Liaoning dromaeosaurids may simply be a grade on the line to velociraptorines and dromaeosaurines, and short arms may have evolved multiple times in this grade.
- His right eye was black; the left, for some strange reason (alogism), green. Black eyebrows, but (alogism) one higher that the other. In short a foreigner (alogism).
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Short and thick set, he almost invariably dressed in a Western business suit or a safari jacket once he gave up his military uniform, and a black songkok, the flat traditional Indonesian cap.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Jones smashes a worm burner between third and short.
- As soon as he got home, Ryan stripped down to his t-shirt and shorts.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of short in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Prepositions
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "short" is an adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.