short
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～ less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
short
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～ (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
short-headed
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～ having a brachycephalic head
short-range
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～ relating to the near future; "a short-range policy"
short
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～ not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
short
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～ of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
short-handed
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～ inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
short-bodied
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～ having a relatively short body
short-billed
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～ having a short beak
short
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～ of insufficient quantity to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
short
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～ lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
short-order
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～ of or relating to food that can be prepared quickly; "a short-order cook"
short-lived
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～ lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
short
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～ low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
short
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～ 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"
short-beaked
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～ having a short beak
short
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～ marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
short
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～ without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
short
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～ at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
short
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～ at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"