Small in length, distance, or height Of small length or duration Used to say that a name is used as a shorter form of…
Short haircuts for redheads
If you are short of something or if it is short, you do not have enough of it
If you are running short of something or if it is running short, you do not have much of it left.
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.
Definition of short adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. The adjective short describes things that aren't long when you measure them, or have a small distance from one end to another, like your short hair or the short walk to the library. 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
