Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb short
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb short
Entailment of verb short
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb short
2 senses of short
Sense 1
short-change, short
=> swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
Sense 2
short-circuit, short
=> make create
Familiarity of verb short
short used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb short
Sense 1
short-change, short
=> swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
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Sense 2
short-circuit, short
=> make create
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Grep of noun short
chuck short ribs
german short-haired pointer
short
short's aster
short-billed marsh wren
short-horned grasshopper
short-leaf pine
short-spurred fragrant orchid
short-stop
short-stop bath
short-tailed shrew
short-term memory
short-toed eagle
short account
short aria
short bone
short circuit
short covering
short division
short gastric artery
short hundredweight
short iron
short letter
short line
short list
short order
short pants
short ribs
short sale
short saphenous vein
short selling
short shrift
short sleep
short sleeve
short story
short subject
short temper
short ton
short wave
short whist
shortage
shortbread
shortbread cookie
shortcake
shortcoming
shortcut
shortener
shortening
shortfall
shortfin mako
shortgrass
shorthand
shorthand typist
shorthorn
shortia
shortia galacifolia
shortleaf pine
shortleaf yellow pine
shortness
shortness of breath
shorts
shortsightedness
shortstop
shorttail weasel
shortwave diathermy machine
Overview of noun short
The noun short has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) short -- (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)
2. short circuit, short -- (accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference)
3. shortstop, short -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base)
Overview of verb short
The verb short has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. short-change, short -- (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
2. short-circuit, short -- (create a short-circuit in)
Overview of adj short
The adj short has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (43) short -- (primarily temporal sense indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months")
2. (22) short -- (primarily spatial sense having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss")
3. (7) short -- (low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack")
4. (3) inadequate, poor, short -- (not sufficient to meet a need "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience")
5. short -- ((finance) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton")
6. short -- ((phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt'))
7. short -- (containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust")
8. light, scant, short -- (less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight")
9. short -- ((prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration)
10. short -- ((of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory")
11. short, shortsighted, unforesightful -- (lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan")
12. short, unforbearing -- (unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students")
13. choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered -- (quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander")
14. short, shortest -- (most direct; "took the shortest and most direct route to town")
15. brusque, brusk, curt, short -- (marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him")
Overview of adv short
The adv short has 8 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly")
2. short -- ((finance) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash")
3. short -- (clean across "the car's axle snapped short")
4. short -- (at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations")
5. short -- (so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue")
6. short, unawares -- (at a disadvantage; "I was caught short")
7. short -- (tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel")
8. curtly, short, shortly -- (in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it")
Antonyms of adj short
15 senses of short
Sense 1
short (vs. long)
long (vs. short)
=> agelong
=> bimestrial
=> daylong
=> drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
=> durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived
=> endless, eternal, interminable
=> hourlong
=> lifelong, womb-to-tomb
=> long-acting
=> long-dated
=> longish
=> longitudinal
=> long-range
=> long-run, long-term, semipermanent
=> longstanding
=> monthlong
=> nightlong, overnight
=> perennial
=> weeklong
=> yearlong
Sense 2
short (vs. long)
long (vs. short)
=> elongate, elongated
=> elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged
=> extendible, extendable
=> far
=> in length(prenominal)
=> lank
=> long-distance
=> longer, longest
=> long-handled
=> long-range
=> long-snouted
=> long-staple
=> oblong
=> polysyllabic, sesquipedalian
=> stretch(postnominal)
=> long-wool, long-wooled
Sense 3
short (vs. tall)
tall (vs. short)
=> full-length
=> gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy
=> in height(prenominal)
=> leggy, long-legged, long-shanked
=> leggy, tall-growing
=> long
=> stately, statuesque
=> tallish
Sense 4
inadequate, poor, short
INDIRECT (VIA insufficient) -> sufficient
Sense 5
short (vs. long)
long (vs. short)
Sense 6
short (vs. long)
long (vs. short)
Sense 7
short
INDIRECT (VIA tender) -> tough
Sense 8
light, scant(prenominal), short
INDIRECT (VIA insufficient) -> sufficient
Sense 9
short
INDIRECT (VIA unstressed) -> stressed
Sense 10
short
INDIRECT (VIA unretentive) -> retentive
Sense 11
short, shortsighted, unforesightful
INDIRECT (VIA improvident) -> provident
Sense 12
short, unforbearing
INDIRECT (VIA impatient) -> patient
Sense 13
choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered
INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured
Sense 14
short, shortest
INDIRECT (VIA direct) -> indirect
Sense 15
brusque, brusk, curt, short(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA discourteous) -> courteous
Similarity of adj short
15 senses of short
Sense 1
short (vs. long)
=> abbreviated, shortened, truncated
=> brief, little
=> clipped
=> fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
=> short-dated
=> short-range
=> short-run, short-term
=> telescoped, shortened
=> short and sweet(prenominal)
Sense 2
short (vs. long)
=> abbreviated, brief
=> close
=> curtal
=> sawed-off, shortened
=> shortish
=> short-range
=> short-snouted
=> telescoped, shortened
=> snub
=> stubby
=> truncate, truncated
Sense 3
short (vs. tall)
=> chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
=> half-length
=> pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off
=> squab, squabby
Also See-> small#1, little#1; low#2
Sense 4
inadequate, poor, short
=> insufficient (vs. sufficient), deficient
Sense 5
short (vs. long)
Sense 6
short (vs. long)
Sense 7
short
=> tender (vs. tough)
Sense 8
light, scant(prenominal), short
=> insufficient (vs. sufficient), deficient
Sense 9
short
=> unstressed (vs. stressed), unaccented
Sense 10
short
=> unretentive (vs. retentive), forgetful
Sense 11
short, shortsighted, unforesightful
=> improvident (vs. provident)
Sense 12
short, unforbearing
=> impatient (vs. patient)
Sense 13
choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered
=> ill-natured (vs. good-natured)
Sense 14
short, shortest
=> direct (vs. indirect)
Sense 15
brusque, brusk, curt, short(prenominal)
=> discourteous (vs. courteous)
Attributes of adj short
3 of 15 senses of short
Sense 1
short (vs. long)
=> duration, length
Sense 2
short (vs. long)
=> length
Sense 3
short (vs. tall)
=> stature, height
Familiarity of adj short
short used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 15)
Grep of adj short
short
short-dated
short-handed
short-handled
short-headed
short-lived
short-order
short-range
short-run
short-snouted
short-staffed
short-tempered
short-term
short-winded
short-winged
short and sweet
shortened
shortest
shorthand
shortish
shortsighted
Overview of noun short
The noun short has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) short -- (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)
2. short circuit, short -- (accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference)
3. shortstop, short -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base)
Overview of verb short
The verb short has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. short-change, short -- (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
2. short-circuit, short -- (create a short-circuit in)
Overview of adj short
The adj short has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (43) short -- (primarily temporal sense indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months")
2. (22) short -- (primarily spatial sense having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss")
3. (7) short -- (low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack")
4. (3) inadequate, poor, short -- (not sufficient to meet a need "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience")
5. short -- ((finance) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton")
6. short -- ((phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt'))
7. short -- (containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust")
8. light, scant, short -- (less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight")
9. short -- ((prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration)
10. short -- ((of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory")
11. short, shortsighted, unforesightful -- (lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan")
12. short, unforbearing -- (unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students")
13. choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered -- (quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander")
14. short, shortest -- (most direct; "took the shortest and most direct route to town")
15. brusque, brusk, curt, short -- (marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him")
Overview of adv short
The adv short has 8 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly")
2. short -- ((finance) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash")
3. short -- (clean across "the car's axle snapped short")
4. short -- (at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations")
5. short -- (so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue")
6. short, unawares -- (at a disadvantage; "I was caught short")
7. short -- (tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel")
8. curtly, short, shortly -- (in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it")
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