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.
(having a small distance between ends or edges) Short is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is shallow in the negative vertical dimension In the horizontal dimension narrow is more commonly used. Tall, high, lofty, towering, lifted, elevated, large, uplifted Having a small distance from one end to the other Continuing for a small amount of time…
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
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