'short' in a sentence

: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

: low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

: of insufficient quantity to meet a need

: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

: lacking foresight or scope

: tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

: marked by rude or peremptory shortness

: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

: cheat someone by not returning him enough money

: create a short circuit in

: clean across

: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

: at some point or distance before a goal is reached

: so as to interrupt

: at a disadvantage

: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

: quickly and without warning