Short meaning

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

cheat someone by not returning him enough money

create a short circuit in

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

“a short life”

“a short flight”

(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

“short skirts”

“short hair”

low in stature; not tall

“he was short and stocky”

“short in stature”

of insufficient quantity to meet a need

“an inadequate income”

“a poor salary”

(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

“a short memory”

not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

“a short sale”

“short in cotton”

of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

“the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short”

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

“a light pound”

“a scant cup of sugar”

lacking foresight or scope

“a short view of the problem”

“shortsighted policies”

tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

“shortbread is a short crumbly cookie”

“a short flaky pie crust”

marked by rude or peremptory shortness

“try to cultivate a less brusque manner”

“a curt reply”

quickly and without warning

“he stopped suddenly”

without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

“he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash”

clean across

“the car's axle snapped short”

at some point or distance before a goal is reached

“he fell short of our expectations”

so as to interrupt

“She took him up short before he could continue”

at a disadvantage

“I was caught short”

in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

“he told me curtly to get on with it”

“he talked short with everyone”