Definitions:

1. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range adjective
   • a short memory
2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length adjective
   • short skirts
3. at a disadvantage adverb
   • I was caught short
4. at some point or distance before a goal is reached adverb
   • They fell short of our expectations.
5. clean across adverb
   • the car's axle snapped short
6. lacking foresight or scope adjective
   • a short view of the problem
7. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices adjective
   • a short sale
8. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration adjective
   • the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
9. so as to interrupt adverb
   • I took them up short before they could continue.
10. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening adjective
    • shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
11. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold adverb
    • They made their fortune by selling short just before the crash.

Synonyms:

• abruptly
• curt
• forgetful
• inadequate
• light
• little
• long
• myopic
• poor
• scant
• short circuit
• short-change
• short-circuit
• shortly
• shortsighted
• shortstop
• unawares
• unforesightful
• unretentive

NearBy Words:

• short-beaked
• short-billed
• short-bodied
• short-change
• short-circuit
• short-dated
• short-eared
• short-grass
• short-haired
• short-handed
• short-handled
• short-headed
• short-lived
• short-nosed
• short-order
• short-range
• short-run
• short-snouted
• short-spurred
• short-staffed
• short-stalked
• short-stemmed
• short-stop
• short-tailed
• short-tempered
• short-term
• short-winded
• short-winged
• shortage
• shortbread
• shortcake
• shortcoming
• shortcut
• shorten
• shortened
• shortener
• shortening
• shortfall
• shortgrass
• shorthand
• shorthorn
• shortia
• shortish
• shortlist
• shortly
• shortness
• shorts
• shortsighted
• shortsightedness
• shortstop