SHORT
adverb
Definition
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. To sell short (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes to buy at a lower rate.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
SHORT
(adjective)
1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a ma...
SHORT
(noun)
1. A summary account. The short and the long is, our play is preferred. Shak.
2. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bra...
SHORT
(verb)
To shorten. [Obs.]
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
