short
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
short
— Adverb
– English
～ clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"
Short's aster
— Noun
– English
～ perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers
shortage
— Noun
– English
～ an acute insufficiency
shortage
— Noun
– English
～ the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
shortbread
— Noun
– English
～ very rich thick butter cookie
shortcake
— Noun
– English
～ very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
shortcoming
— Noun
– English
～ a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
shortcut
— Noun
– English
～ a route shorter than the usual one
shorten
— Verb
– English
～ make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
shorten
— Verb
– English
～ edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"