A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
A short version of a garment in a particular size.
A short film.
A shortstop.
A short seller.
An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.
A short circuit.
A short sale or short position.
An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
A summary account.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
Having little duration.
that falls short of the green or the hole.
Of comparatively small height.
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
that is relatively close to the batsman.
Undiluted; neat.
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Doubtful of, skeptical of.
Unawares.
Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
With a negative ownership position.
Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
To shortchange.
To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
To short circuit.
To cause a short circuit in (something).
Having a negative position in.
Deficient in.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
The calyptra of mosses.
That which separates the living and the spirit world.
velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
To conceal as with a veil.