English Dictionary

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Source : opted (140670)  - auto

Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Source : opted (140671)  - auto

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Source : opted (140672)  - auto

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
Source : opted (140673)  - auto

Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Source : opted (140674)  - auto

Not distant in time; near at hand.
Source : opted (140675)  - auto

Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Source : opted (140676)  - auto

Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
Source : opted (140677)  - auto

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Source : opted (140678)  - auto

Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Source : opted (140679)  - auto