Short

adjective

1. having little length
2. unstressed
3. limited in distance
4. not coming up to a measure or requirement : insufficient
5. not reaching far enough
6. enduring privation
7. insufficiently supplied
8. abrupt, curt
9. quickly provoked
10. choppy sense 2
11. payable at an early date
12. not tall or high : low
13. containing or cooked with shortening
14. flakyalso
15. brittle under certain conditionsof metal
16. not lengthy or drawn out
17. made briefer : abbreviated
18. not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices
19. consisting of, relating to, or engaging in the sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale
20. near the end of a tour of duty
21. not extended in time : brief
22. not retentive
23. expeditious, quick
24. seeming to pass quickly
25. having a relatively short durationof a speech sound
26. being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not necessarily have duration as its chief distinguishing feature
27. of relatively brief duration