short: significado y definiciones

Having little length; not long.

Having little height; not tall.

Extending or traveling not far or not far enough: a short toss.

Lasting a brief time: a short holiday.

Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.

Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.

Rudely brief; abrupt.

Easily provoked; irascible.

Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.

Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.

Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.

Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.

Not owning the stocks or commodities one is selling in anticipation of a fall in prices.

Of or relating to a short sale.

Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.

Not ductile; brittle: short iron.

Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, "evil,” as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, "apple tree.”

Grammar Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (o͝o) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.

Unstressed; unaccented. Used of a syllable in accentual prosody.

Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.

Slang Close to the end of a tour of military duty.

Abruptly; quickly: stop short.

In a rude or curt manner.

At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.

At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.