Small in length, distance, or height Used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of… In a rude or curt manner At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal A missile that landed short of the target We were caught short by the sudden storm.
Short, brief are opposed to long, and indicate slight extent or duration Short may imply duration but is also applied to physical distance and certain purely spatial relations Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. To short something such as stocks or a currency is to sell them in the expectation that falling prices will allow you to buy them back at a profit before they have to be delivered to the buyer. Tall, high, lofty, towering, lifted, elevated, large, uplifted Having a small distance from one end to the other
