English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Short skirts.
Short hair.
The board was a foot short.
A short toss.
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- low in stature; not tall
He was short and stocky.
Short in stature.
A short smokestack.
A little man.
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- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
A short memory.
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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.
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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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
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- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
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- A summary account.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- quickly and without warning
He stopped suddenly.
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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.
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- clean across
The car's axle snapped short.
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- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
He fell short of our expectations.
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- so as to interrupt
She took him up short before he could continue.
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- at a disadvantage
I was caught short.
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- 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.
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- In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- not sufficient to meet a need
An inadequate income.
A poor salary.
Money is short.
On short rations.
Food is in short supply.
Short on experience.
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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.
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- lacking foresight or scope
A short view of the problem.
Shortsighted policies.
Shortsighted critics derided the plan.
Myopic thinking.
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- 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.
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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.
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verb
- cheat someone by not returning him enough money
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- create a short circuit in
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- To shorten.
source: Webster 1913
- To fail; to decrease.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [siórt] Maiklî; maiksî
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
