A Quick and Simple Dictionary

short

1. Adjective.  Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. Adjective.  (context, of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. Adjective.  Having little duration; opposite of long.
4. Adjective.  (context, followed by '''for''') Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
5. Adjective.  (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
6. Adjective.  (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman.
7. Adjective.  brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust.
8. Adjective.  missing, deficient.
9. Adjective.  Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
10. Adverb.  abruptly.
11. Adverb.  unawares.
12. Adverb.  briefly.
13. Adverb.  curtly.
14. Adverb.  without achieving a goal or requirement.
15. Adverb.  (cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full.
16. Adverb.  (finance) With a negative ownership position.
17. Noun.  A short circuit.
18. Noun.  (baseball) shortstop.
19. Noun.  (finance) A short seller.
20. Noun.  (finance) A short sale.
21. Verb.  (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
22. Verb.  (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
23. Verb.  (transitive) To shortchange.
24. Verb.  (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
25. Verb.  (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell '''short'''.