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SHORT, a. [L. curtus.]

1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber.

The bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on it. Is. 28.

2. Not extended in time; not of long duration.

The triumphing of the wicked is short. Job 20.

3. Not of usual or suffifient length, reach or extent.

Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. Pope.

4. Not of long duration; repeated at small intervals of time; as short breath.

5. Not of adequate extent or quantity; not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected; as a quantity short of our expectations.

Not therefore am I short

Of knowing what I ought. Milton.

6. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth.

7. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions are short; a short allowance of water for the voyage.

8. Not sufficiently supplied; scantily furnished.

the English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions.




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SHORT, a. [L. curtus.]

1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber.

The bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on it. Is. 28.

2. Not extended in time; not of long duration.

The triumphing of the wicked is short. Job 20.

3. Not of usual or suffifient length, reach or extent.

Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. Pope.

4. Not of long duration; repeated at small intervals of time; as short breath.

5. Not of adequate extent or quantity; not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected; as a quantity short of our expectations.

Not therefore am I short

Of knowing what I ought. Milton.

6. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth.

7. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions are short; a short allowance of water for the voyage.

8. Not sufficiently supplied; scantily furnished.

the English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions.


SHORT, a. [Sax. sceort, scyrt; G. kurz; D. Sw. and Dan. kort; Fr. court; It. corto; L. curtus; Ir. gear; Russ. kortayu, to shorten. It is from cutting off or separating. Qu. Dan. skiör, Sw. skör, brittle.]

  1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as, a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. – Is. xxviii.
  2. Not extended in time; not of long duration. The triumphing of the wicked is short. – Job xx. 1 Thess. ii.
  3. Not of usual or sufficient length, reach or extent. Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. – Pope.
  4. Not of long duration; repeated at small intervals of time; as, short breath. – Dryden. Sidney.
  5. Not of adequate extent or quantity; not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected; as, a quantity short of our expectations. Not therefore am I short / Of knowing what I ought. – Milton.
  6. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth.
  7. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions are short; a short allowance of water for the voyage.
  8. Not sufficiently supplied; scantily furnished. The English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions. – Hayward.
  9. Not far distant in time; future. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him, to be ready by a short day. – Clarendon. We now say, at short notice. In mercantile languages, a note or bill is made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer.
  10. Not fetching a compass; as, in the phrase, to turn short.
  11. Not going to the point intended; as, to stop short.
  12. Defective in quantity; as, sheep short of their wool. – Dryden.
  13. Narrow; limited; not extended; not large or comprehensive. Their own short understandings reach / No further than the present. – Rowe.
  14. Brittle; friable; breaking all at once without splinters or shatters; as, marl so short that it can not be wrought into a ball. – Mortimer.
  15. Not bending. The lance broke short. – Dryden.
  16. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; severe. I asked him a question, to which he gave a short answer. To be short, to be scantily supplied; as, to be short of bread or water. To come short, to fail; not to do what is demanded or expected, or what is necessary for the purpose; applied to persons. We all come short of perfect obedience to God's will. #2. Not to reach or obtain. – Rom. iii. #3. To fail; to be insufficient. Provisions come short. To cut short, to abridge; to contract; to make too small or defective; also, to destroy or consume. – 2 Kings x. To fall short, to fail; to be inadequate or scanty; as, provisions fall short; money falls short. #2. To fail; not to do or accomplish; as, to fall short in duty. #3. To be less. The measure falls short of the estimate. To stop short, to stop at once; also, to stop without reaching the point intended. To turn short, to turn on the spot occupied; to turn without making a compass. For turning short he struck with all his might. – Dryden. To be taken short, to be seized with urgent necessity. – Swift. In short, in few words; briefly; to sum up or close in a few words.

SHORT, adv.

Not long; as, short-enduring joy; a short-breathed man. – Dryden. Arbuthnot. In connection with verbs, short is a modifying word, or used adverbially; as, to come short, &c.


SHORT, n.

A summary account; as, the short of the matter. The short and long in our play is preferred. – Shak.


SHORT, v.t.

  1. To shorten.
  2. v. i. To fail; to decrease. [Not in use.]

Short
  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 man can stretch himself on it. Isa. xxviii. 20.

  2. A summary account.

    The short and the long is, our play is preferred. Shak.

  3. 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.

  4. To shorten.

    [Obs.]
  5. To fail; to decrease.

    [Obs.]
  6. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

    The life so short, the craft so long to learn. Chaucer.

    To short absense I could yield. Milton.

  7. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

    The first remove above bran is shorts. Halliwell.

  8. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
  9. Short, inferior hemp.
  10. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.

    We shall be short in our provision. Shak.

  11. Breeches; shortclothes.

    [Slang] Dickens.
  12. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
  13. A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

    If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat," "not" and "naught," we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs. H. Sweet.

    In short, in few words; in brief; briefly. -- The long and the short, the whole; a brief summing up. -- The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with stocks which they contracted to deliver.

  14. Not distant in time; near at hand.

    Marinell was sore offended
    That his departure thence should be so short.
    Spenser.

    He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. Clarendon.

  15. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

    Their own short understandings reach
    No farther than the present.
    Rowe.

  16. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.

    Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. Landor.

  17. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
  18. Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
  19. Brittle.

    * Metals that are brittle when hot are called (?)ot- short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus.

  20. Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.

    * In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer.

  21. Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, §䅒, 30.

    * Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short- billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short- necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short- winged, short-wooled, etc.

    At short notice, in a brief time; promptly. -- Short rib (Anat.), one of the false ribs. -- Short suit (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. R. A. Proctor. -- To come short, To cut short, To fall short, etc. See under Come, Cut, etc.

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Short

SHORT, adjective [Latin curtus.]

1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber.

The bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on it. Isaiah 28:20.

2. Not extended in time; not of long duration.

The triumphing of the wicked is short. Job 20:5.

3. Not of usual or suffifient length, reach or extent.

Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. Pope.

4. Not of long duration; repeated at small intervals of time; as short breath.

5. Not of adequate extent or quantity; not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected; as a quantity short of our expectations.

Not therefore am I short

Of knowing what I ought. Milton.

6. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth.

7. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions are short; a short allowance of water for the voyage.

8. Not sufficiently supplied; scantily furnished.

the English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions.

Hayward.

9. Not far distant in time; future.

He commanded those who were appointed to attend him, to be ready by a short day. Clarendon.

10. Not fetching a compass; as in the phrase, to turn short.

11. Not going to the point intended; as, to stop short.

12. Defective in quantity; as sheep short of their wool.

13. Narrow; limited; not extended; not large or comprehensive.

Their own short understandings reach

No farther than the present. Rowe.

14. Brittle; friable; breaking all at once without splinters or shatters; as marl so short that it cannot be wrought into a ball.

15. Not bending.

The lance broke short. Dryden.

16. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; severe. I asked him a question, to which he gave a short answer.

To be short, to be scantily supplied; as, to be short of bread or water.

To come short, to fail; not to do what is demanded or expected, or what is necessary for the purpose; applied to persons. We all come short of perfect obedience to God's will.

2. Not to reach or obtain.

3. To fail; to be insufficient. Provisions come short.

To cut short, to abridge; to contract; to make to small or defective; also, ot destroy or consume.

To fall short, to fail; to be inadequate or scanty; as, provisions fall short; money falls short.

2. To fail; not to do or accomplish; as, to fall short on duty.

3. To be less. The measure falls short of the estimate.

To stop short, to stop at once; also, to stop without reaching the point intended.

To turn short, to turn on the spot occupied; to turn without making a compass.

For turning short he struck with all his might. Dryden.

To be taken short, to be seized with urgent necessity.

In short, a few words; briefly; to sum up or close in a few words.

SHORT, noun A summary account; as the short of the matter.

The short and long in our play is preferred. Shak.

SHORT, adverb Not long; as short-enduring joy; a short-breathed man.

In connection with verbs, short is a modifying word, or used adverbially; as, to come short, etc.

SHORT, verb transitive

1. To shorten.

2. verb intransitive To fail; to decrease. [Not in use.]

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1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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