Short
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- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Of comparatively little height.
- Having little duration; opposite of long.
- Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
- Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
- that bounced relatively far from the batsman
- relatively close to the batsman
- brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust
- missing, deficient
- The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
- Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
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