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The roles of these two words are fairly clearly separated. Short usually means 'before the expected time or place, abruptly' (We cut short the celebration / They pulled up short), whereas shortly is most often used to mean 'before long, soon' (She is expected to arrive shortly).

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A term used culinarily to describe a nonyeast pastry or cookie dough with a high proportion of fat to flour. The baked goods made from short doughs are tender, rich, crumbly and crisp.

adjective

1. Not long in time or duration: brief. See big/small/amount, fast/slow/velocity.
2. Accomplished in very little time: brief, expeditious, fast, flying, hasty, hurried, quick, rapid, speedy, swift. See fast/slow/velocity.
3. Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, concise, laconic, lean², succinct, summary, terse. See big/small/amount, style/good style/bad style, words.
4. Rudely unceremonious: abrupt, blunt, brief, brusque, crusty, curt, gruff, short-spoken. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
5. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, shy¹, under, wanting. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

adverb

1. Without any warning: abruptly, suddenly. Idioms: all of a sudden. See fast/slow/velocity.
2. Without adequate preparation: aback, unawarely, unawares. Idioms: by surprise. See prepared/unprepared.

Idioms beginning with short:
short for
short run
short haul
short and sweet
short end of the stick, the
short notice, on

See also by the short hairs; caught short; cut short; fall short; for short; in brief (short); in short order; in short supply; in the long (short) run; life is too short; long and short of it; long (short) haul; make a long story short; make short work of; nothing short of; run short; sell short; stop short.

adj

Definition: abridged
Antonyms: large, lengthy, long, unabridged

adj

Definition: abrupt
Antonyms: long, overlong

adj

Definition: abrupt and discourteous
Antonyms: courteous, kind, polite

adj

Definition: crumbly
Antonyms: thick

adj

Definition: insufficient
Antonyms: adequate, enough, plentiful, sufficient

adj

Definition: not tall
Antonyms: high, lengthy, long, tall

adv

Definition: abruptly
Antonyms: long

1. Said of a piece of building material not up to specified length.
2. A short circuit.

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1. The sale of a borrowed security, commodity or currency with the expectation that the asset will fall in value.

2. In the context of options, it is the sale (also known as "writing") of an options contract.

Opposite of "long (or long position)".

Investopedia Says:
1. For example, an investor who borrows shares of stock from a broker and sells them on the open market is said to have a short position in the stock. The investor must eventually return the borrowed stock by buying it back from the open market. If the stock falls in price, the investor buys it for less than he or she sold it, thus making a profit.

2. For example, selling a call (or put) options contract to a buyer entitles the buyer the right, not the obligation to buy from (or sell to) you a specific commodity or asset for a specified amount at a specified date.

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Close to ETS or PCS. An attitude involving lack of interest and inattention. Someone who is short is known as a Shorttimer.

IN BRIEF: Not long or tall.

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. — Carlotta Monterey O'Neill.

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as in: height- petite, short or little
sign description: The hand is placed at the side of the body with the palm facing down.

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adjective
adjective, US

1: to get or have (someone) by the short hairs to have (someone) completely in one's power. (1888 —) . Also to get or have (someone) by the short and curlies. (1948 —) .
Sayers & Eustace She's evidently got her husband by the short hairs (1930).
P. Hill There is no need for kid gloves now, we've got him by the short and curlies (1976).

2: to be caught or taken short to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate. (1890 —) .
J. Ashford Simon was in such a terrible state of nerves that he had already been taken short twice and had to rush for the lavatory (1967).

3: (...) short of a ... Used as a formula to imply (slight) mental instability or eccentricity, as if not having the full complement of mental faculties; the earliest recorded formulation is short of a sheet ( and Austral), but more recent examples (from the mid-1980s) usu. identify individual elements which go to make up the whole—the commonest are two (etc.) bricks short of a load and a few (etc.) sandwiches short of a picnic, but the variations are almost infinite. (1941 —) .
J. Hodgkins You try to do the right thing by hiring local girls and you discover they can be as thick as fenceposts. There's one in there that's two bricks short of a load, I swear it (1987).
S. Johnson I'm afraid he's a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Still, he's harmless (1990).
Post (Denver): This guy was weird...He was a few pickles short of a barrel (1994). noun

4: US A street-car or tram; a car. (1914 —) .
W. Mccarthy Everybody brings him hot cars...shorts, we get up north, he fixes 'em up and then sells 'em (1975).

[In sense 1, from the notion of seizing someone by the pubic hairs so that they are immobilized; in sense 4, apparently from the relatively short duration of tram-rides as compared with those on a train.]

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For a list of words related to short, see:

• Small, short, or thin
• Preparations and Presentations - short: (adj) crisp, flaky, and crumbling, esp. pastry
• Football
• Angry, Emotional, Aggressive, or Passionate

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See words rhyming with "short."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kort, lille, kortvarig, lavstammet, lav, kortfattet, kort for hovedet
adv. - brat, pludselig
n. - kortslutning, kortfilm
v. tr. - kortslutte
v. intr. - kortsluttes

idioms:

• be short of breath    være stakåndet
• for short    kort sagt, for nemheds skyld
• go short    mangle
• in short    kort sagt
• in short order    straks
• in the short run    på kort sigt
• make short work of    gøre kort proces med
• short and sweet    kort og godt
• short change    for lidt penge tilbage
• short circuit    kortslutning
• short cut    genvej
• short for    forkortelse for
• short fuse    tænde hurtigt af
• short haul    kort transport
• short list    shortliste, prioriteret liste
• short of    når man lige undtager
• short of breath    stakåndet
• short sight    nærsynethed
• short temper    heftigt temperament
• short time    kort tid, nedsat tid
• short wave    kortbølge
• stop short    stoppe brat, gå i stå
• stop short of    ikke gå så vidt som at

Nederlands (Dutch)
kort, tekort, klein, onvoldoende, borrel, kortaf

Français (French)
adj. - court, de courte durée, bref, court (des cheveux), ras, petit (taille), difficile à trouver, insuffisant, brusque, manquant, dépourvu de, diminutif, (Ling) bref, (Fin) à courte échéance, à court terme, à découvert, (Culin) brisé
adv. - net
n. - alcool fort, (Élec) court-circuit, (Cin) court métrage, (Fin) manque, déficit, (Fin) vente à découvert
v. tr. - court-circuiter
v. intr. - court-circuiter

idioms:

• come short    manquer
• for short    en bref
• go short    être à court de
• in short    bref, brièvement
• in short order    immédiatement
• in the short run    à court terme
• make short work of    envoyer promener (qn)
• run short of    manquer de
• short and sweet    ça n'a pas traîné (hum), ça a été du vite fait
• short change    rouler, ne pas rendre toute la monnaie à
• short circuit    court-circuit
• short cut    (lit) raccourci, (fig) bâclage
• short for    un diminutif de
• short fuse    (démarrer) au quart de tour
• short haul    (Aviat) court-courrier
• short list    liste des candidats sélectionnés
• short of    manquer de, (être) à court de, moins de, en dessous de
• short of breath    essoufflé
• short sight    myopie
• short temper    coléreux, soupe au lait, irritable
• short time    chômage partiel
• short wave    onde courte
• stop short    se retenir
• stop short of    se retenir pour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schnaps, Kurzfilm, (ugs.) Kurzer
v. - (ugs.) kurzschließen
adj. - (zu) kurz, knapp, klein, plötzlich, kurz angebunden
adv. - (zu) kurz, plötzlich, kurz angebunden

idioms:

• come short    (fig.) enttäuschen
• for short    als Kurzform
• go short    nicht genug haben
• in short    in aller Kürze
• in short order    sofort
• in the short run    kurzfristig
• make short work of    kurzen Prozeß machen mit
• run short of    knapp werden, ausgehen
• short and sweet    kurz und schmerzlos
• short change    zu wenig Wechselgeld
• short circuit    Kurzschluß
• short cut    Abkürzung
• short for    Kurzform für
• short fuse    hitziges Temperament
• short haul    Kurzstreckentransport
• short list    engere Auswahl
• short of    knapp bei
• short of breath    kurzatmig, engbrüstig
• short sight    Kurzsichtigkeit
• short temper    aufbrausendes Temperament
• short time    Kurzarbeit
• short wave    Kurzwelle
• stop short    plötzlich abbrechen
• stop short of    vor etwas zurückschrecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλμ μικρής διάρκειας, βραχυκύκλωμα
v. - βραχυκυκλώνω/-ομαι
adj. - κοντός, βραχύς, λειψός, σύντομος, συνοπτικός, ξερός, κοφτός, εύθρυπτος, απένταρος, άφραγκος, (οικον.) (για προθεσμιακές συναλλαγές) ακάλυπτος, ανοικτός
adv. - απότομα, ξαφνικά

idioms:

• be short of breath    έχω λαχανιάσει
• for short    για συντομία
• go short    μου λείβεται
• in short    εν ολίγοις
• in short order    (ΗΠΑ) αμέσως
• in the short run    βραχυπρόθεσμα
• make short work of    ξεπαστρεύω σύντομα με
• short and sweet    λίγο και καλό
• short change    λειψά ρέστα
• short circuit    βραχυκύκλωμα
• short cut    παράκαμψη ή συντόμευση διαδρομής
• short for    συντετμημένος τύπος του, υποκοριστικό του
• short fuse    ευέξαπτος χαρακτήρας
• short haul    ταξίδι μικρών αποστάσεων
• short list    κατάσταση/κατάλογος επιλέκτων, τελική λίστα υποψηφίων
• short of    σε βαθμό υπολειπόμενο του, εξαιρουμένου τού, στερούμενος του, υποδεέστερος τού
• short of breath    λαχανιασμένος
• short sight    (παθολ.) μυωπία
• short temper    ευέξαπτος χαρακτήρας
• short time    περικεκομμένο ωράριο, ημιαργία
• short wave    (φυσ.) βραχύ κύμα
• stop short    σταματώ απότομα, κοκαλώνω, κωλώνω, διστάζω, κοντοστέκομαι
• stop short of    δεν φθάνω μέχρι του σημείου να

Italiano (Italian)
bicchierino, breve, corto

idioms:

• be short of    mancare di
• bring/pull up short    fermarsi di botto
• caught/taken short    preso di sorpresa
• for short    in breve
• go short    aver poco
• in short    in breve
• in short order    in scioltezza
• in the short run    a breve scadenza
• make short work of    sbrigare
• short and sweet    chiaro e netto
• short change    truffare
• short circuit    corto circuito
• short cut    scorciatoia
• short for    il diminutivo di
• short fuse    collerico, con la miccia corta
• short haul    su breve distanza
• short list    lista ristretta
• short of    a corto di, senza
• short of breath    corto di respiro
• short sight    miopia
• short temper    irascibilità
• short time    breve tempo
• short wave    onde corte
• stop short    trattenersi
• stop short of    trattenersi da

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - breve, curto
n. - pequeno

idioms:

• bring/pull up short    impedir alguém de fazer algo
• caught/taken short    necessidade premente de ir ao banheiro
• for short    abreviadamente
• go short    ter menos dinheiro/comida do que precisa
• in short    resumidamente
• in short order    rapidamente sem demora
• in the short run    privar-se de
• make short work of    terminar algo rápido (comida/trabalho)
• short and sweet    falar pouco e de modo interessante
• short change    não dar o que a pessoa merece
• short cut    cortar caminho
• short for    abreviatura
• short fuse    ser irascível
• short haul    vôo de curta distância
• short list    lista de pessoas para um emprego
• short of    insuficiente
• short sight    miopia
• short temper    impaciência
• short time    pouco tempo
• short wave    ondas curtas
• stop short    parar de falar ou fazer algo repentinamente
• stop short of    quase realizar algo mas mudar de idéia depois

Русский (Russian)
короткий, низкий, недолгий, сжатый, краткий, урезанный, скудный, отрывистый, неразбавленный, хрупкий, преждевременно, внезапно, коротко, недалеко, краткое содержание, короткометражный фильм, краткий гласный, малый рост, короткое замыкание, спекулянты, играющие на понижение

idioms:

• bring/pull up short    внезапно остановиться
• caught/taken short    испытать внезапное сильное желание помочиться
• for short    для краткости, сокращенно
• go short    недоедать
• in short    короче говоря
• in short order    без промедления
• in the short run    в ближайшее время
• make short work of    быстро справиться с чем-л.
• short and sweet    краткий и приятный, уместный и сказанный по существу
• short change    недодать сдачи, обманывать
• short circuit    короткое замыкание
• short cut    избрать кратчайший путь
• short for    сокращенно
• short fuse    вспыльчивость
• short haul    местный
• short list    окончательный список
• short of    за исключением, не доходя, нехватка
• short of breath    запыхавшись
• short sight    близорукость
• short temper    вспыльчивость, невыдержанность
• short time    сокращенный рабочий день
• short wave    короткая волна, коротковолновый передатчик
• stop short    резко остановиться, внезапно замолчать
• stop short of    остановиться (перед каким-л. действием), чуть не ...

Español (Spanish)
adj. - breve, corto, bajo, pequeño, poco, conciso, sucinto, a corto plazo, seco, brusco, escaso
adv. - en seco, bruscamente, brevemente
n. - lo corto, lo breve, vocal breve, nota corta, forma abreviada
v. tr. - causar un cortocircuito, entregar menos de lo que se espera o se merece, no dar el cambio debido
v. intr. - hacer un cortocircuito

idioms:

• come short    estar lejos, no alcanzar
• for short    para abreviar
• go short    privarse de
• in short    en pocas palabras, en resumen
• in short order    en seguida, sin demora
• in the short run    a corto plazo
• make short work of    despachar rápidamente, consumir rápidamente
• run short of    escasear, acabarse, acabársele a uno algo
• short and sweet    breve y agradable
• short change    dar de menos en la vuelta, estafar
• short circuit    corto circuito
• short cut    atajo
• short for    es el diminutivo de
• short fuse    tener un genio vivo, irascible
• short haul    de corto recorrido
• short list    lista de seleccionados
• short of    escaso de, falto de, corto de
• short of breath    corto de resuello, falto de aliento, corto de respiración, disneico
• short sight    cortedad de vista, miopía, falta de perspicacia
• short temper    mal genio
• short time    jornada reducida
• short wave    onda corta
• stop short    quedar parado, pararse bruscamente
• stop short of    quedarse a un paso de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kortfilm, kort stavelse, kort (morsesignal), kortslutning
v. - kortsluta
adj. - kort, kort-, kortvarig, kortfattad, låg, knapp, bristande, otillräcklig, för kort, tvär, brysk, mör, lös, lucker, outspädd (om sprit)
adv. - tvärt, plötsligt, otillräckligt, för kort

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
短的, 缩写的, 矮的, 短暂的, 突然, 不足, 缺乏, 短片, 短篇小说, 短文, 烈酒, 故意少给, 使短路, 短路, 卖空证卷

idioms:

• be short of breath    呼吸急促, 气急
• for short    简称, 缩写
• go short    短缺, 匮乏
• in short    简而言之
• in short order    在短期内, 迅速地
• in the short run    从短期看
• make short work of    迅速处理某事
• short and sweet    简短扼要, 直截了当
• short change    少找零钱, 欺骗
• short circuit    短路
• short cut    捷径
• short for    简易格式, ...的简略形式, 是...的略语, 简称
• short fuse    易怒的脾气, 暴躁性子
• short haul    短距离的, 短程的
• short list    候选名单
• short of    缺乏, 除...以外, 达不到
• short of breath    呼吸短促
• short sight    近视, 眼光短浅
• short temper    急脾气, 急性子, 暴躁脾气
• short time    快速试验法, 短时间, 短工时, 不足的工时
• short wave    短波
• stop short    突然停止
• stop short of    在某事前突然停止, 险些做某事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 短的, 縮寫的, 矮的, 短暫的
adv. - 突然, 不足, 缺乏
n. - 短片, 短篇小說, 短文, 烈酒
v. tr. - 故意少給, 使短路
v. intr. - 短路, 賣空證卷

idioms:

• be short of breath    呼吸急促, 氣急
• for short    簡稱, 縮寫
• go short    短缺, 匱乏
• in short    簡而言之
• in short order    在短期內, 迅速地
• in the short run    從短期看
• make short work of    迅速處理某事
• short and sweet    簡短扼要, 直截了當
• short change    少找零錢, 欺騙
• short circuit    短路
• short cut    捷徑
• short for    簡易格式, ...的簡略形式, 是...的略語, 簡稱
• short fuse    易怒的脾氣, 暴躁性子
• short haul    短距離的, 短程的
• short list    候選名單
• short of    缺乏, 除...以外, 達不到
• short of breath    呼吸短促
• short sight    近視, 眼光短淺
• short temper    急脾氣, 急性子, 暴躁脾氣
• short time    快速試驗法, 短時間, 短工時, 不足的工時
• short wave    短波
• stop short    突然停止
• stop short of    在某事前突然停止, 險些做某事

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 짧은, (시간 등이) 짧게 느껴지는, (생각 등이) 부족한
adv. - 갑자기, 짧게 , 냉담하게
n. - 간결, 개략, 결손
v. tr. - 단락 시키다, ~을 적게 주다, 방해하다
v. intr. - 단락하다, 누전하다

idioms:

• be short of breath    숨이 차다
• go short    없이 해나가다, 부족을 참다
• in short    요컨대, 결국
• in short order    신속하게 , 지체 없이
• in the short run    간단히 말하면
• make short work of    ~을 후다닥 해 치우다
• short for    짧은, 순식간에, 부족한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 短い, 背の低い, 簡潔な, 不足の, ぽろぽろする, そっけない, 足りない, 脆い
adv. - 急に, 簡単に, ぶっきらぼうに, 不十分に
n. - 要点, 欠けているもの, ショート, 短編映画, 不足

idioms:

• at short notice    急に, すぐに
• be caught short    不意打ちを食らう
• bring/pull up short    急に止める
• caught/taken short    不意をつかれる, 必要に追われる
• for short    略して
• go short    不足する, 空売りする
• have/on a short fuse    短気
• in short    一言でいえば
• in short order    直ちに
• in short supply    乏しい, 足りない
• in the short run    短期的観点からは, ひと口に言えば
• make short work of    手早く片付ける
• short and sweet    短いが愉快な, ひどく短い
• short change    お釣りを少なく渡す
• short circuit    ショート, 短絡
• short cut    ショートカット, 近道
• short for    略で
• short fuse    短気
• short haul    近距離, 短距離輸送
• short list    選抜候補者リスト
• short of    不足して, 及ばない
• short of breath    息を切らして
• short sharp shock    非常に衝撃的な
• short shrift    短い懺悔の時間, 無慈悲, 無頓着
• short sight    近視, 浅慮
• short temper    短気
• short time    操業短縮
• short wave    短波

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بنطلون قصير, نفايه, شىء قصير أو ناقص, ألبائع سلعا لا يملكها عند عقد صفقه (فعل) يغش (صفه) ناقص, هزيل, منخفض, قصير (ظرف) موجز, مختصر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קצר, נמוך, חסר, לא מספיק, קטן, פחות, תמציתי, קצר-רוח, גס, קצר-מועד, קרוב, מתפורר‬
adv. - ‮פתאום, לפתע, בקצרה‬
n. - ‮סרטון, קצר חשמלי, לגימה‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה קצר חשמלי‬
v. intr. - ‮קרה (קצר חשמלי)‬

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