short
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Types & categories
- tract hypernym
Parts & wholes
- baseball diamond part holonym
Sense 2 verb
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Types & categories
- goldbrick hypernym
Sense 3 adjective
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
a short life
Related & opposite
- long antonym
- length attribute
- shortness derivation
- truncated similar to
- brief similar to
- clipped similar to
- fugitive similar to
- short and sweetp similar to
- short-dated similar to
- short-range similar to
- short-run similar to
Sense 4 adverb
quickly and without warning
he stopped suddenly
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Types & categories
- tangency hypernym
Parts & wholes
- circuit part holonym
Related & opposite
- short derivation
Sense 6 verb
create a short circuit in
Types & categories
- create hypernym
Related & opposite
- short circuit derivation
Sense 7 adjective
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
short skirts
Related & opposite
- long antonym
- length attribute
- shortness derivation
- abbreviated similar to
- close similar to
- curtal similar to
- shortened similar to
- shortish similar to
- short-range similar to
- short-snouted similar to
- snub similar to
- stubby similar to
- telescoped similar to
- truncate similar to
Sense 8 adverb
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
Related & opposite
- finance domain topic
Sense 9 noun
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Types & categories
- position hypernym
Parts & wholes
- baseball team member holonym
Sense 10 adjective
low in stature; not tall
he was short and stocky
Related & opposite
- low also see
- tall antonym
- stature attribute
- shortness derivation
- truncation derivation
- squat similar to
- thickset similar to
- half-length similar to
- runty similar to
- short-stalked similar to
- squab similar to
Sense 11 adverb
clean across
the car's axle snapped short
Sense 12 adjective
not sufficient to meet a need
an inadequate income
Related & opposite
- inadequateness derivation
- leanness derivation
- shortness derivation
- insufficient similar to
Sense 13 adverb
at some point or distance before a goal is reached
he fell short of our expectations
Sense 14 adjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
a short memory
Related & opposite
- unmindful also see
- tenacious antonym
- forgetfulness derivation
- shortness derivation
Sense 15 adverb
so as to interrupt
She took him up short before he could continue
Sense 16 adjective
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
a short sale
Related & opposite
Sense 17 adverb
at a disadvantage
I was caught short
Sense 18 adjective
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
Related & opposite
Sense 19 adverb
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
he told me curtly to get on with it
Related & opposite
- curt derived from
Sense 20 adjective
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
a light pound
Related & opposite
- leanness derivation
- insufficient similar to
Sense 21 adjective
lacking foresight or scope
a short view of the problem
Related & opposite
- improvidence derivation
- improvident similar to
Sense 22 adjective
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
Related & opposite
- breakable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | baseball diamond |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tract |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | goldbrick |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | long |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | length |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | truncated |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | brief |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | clipped |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fugitive |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | short and sweetp |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-dated |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-range |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-run |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | sudden |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | abrupt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | short |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | circuit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tangency |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | short circuit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | long |
| 7 | attribute | Related & opposite | length |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | abbreviated |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | curtal |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | shortened |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | shortish |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-range |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-snouted |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | snub |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | stubby |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | telescoped |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | truncate |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | finance |
| 9 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | baseball team |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | position |
| 10 | also see | Related & opposite | low |
| 10 | antonym | Related & opposite | tall |
| 10 | attribute | Related & opposite | stature |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | truncation |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | squat |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | thickset |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | half-length |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | runty |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-stalked |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | squab |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequateness |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | leanness |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | insufficient |
| 14 | also see | Related & opposite | unmindful |
| 14 | antonym | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | forgetfulness |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 16 | antonym | Related & opposite | long |
| 16 | domain topic | Related & opposite | finance |
| 18 | antonym | Related & opposite | long |
| 18 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phonetics |
| 19 | derived from | Related & opposite | curt |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | leanness |
| 20 | similar to | Related & opposite | insufficient |
| 21 | derivation | Related & opposite | improvidence |
| 21 | similar to | Related & opposite | improvident |
| 22 | similar to | Related & opposite | breakable |