short-range
— Adjective
– English
～ relating to the near future; "a short-range policy"
short
— Adjective
– English
～ not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
short
— Adjective
– English
～ of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
short-handed
— Adjective
– English
～ inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
short-bodied
— Adjective
– English
～ having a relatively short body
short-billed
— Adjective
– English
～ having a short beak
short
— Adjective
– English
～ 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
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
short-order
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to food that can be prepared quickly; "a short-order cook"
short-lived
— Adjective
– English
～ 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
— Adjective
– English
～ low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
short
— Adjective
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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
— Adjective
– English
～ having a short beak
short
— Adjective
– English
～ marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
shortened
— Adjective
– English
～ cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
shortened
— Adjective
– English
～ shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
shortened
— Adjective
– English
～ with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
shortened
— Adjective
– English
～ cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
shorthand
— Adjective
– English
～ written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"