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.
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.
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.
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.