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  short
     a.
     1 Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either
  horizontally or vertically.
     2 (lb en of a person) Of comparatively small height.
     3 Having little duration.
     adv.
     1 abruptly, curtly, briefly.
     2 unawares.
     3 Without achieving a goal or requirement.
     4 (lb en cricket of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball)
  Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal;
  opposite of full.
     5 (lb en finance) With a negative ownership position.
     n.
     1 A short circuit.
     2 A short film.
     prep.
     1 Deficient in.
     2 (lb en finance) Having a negative position in.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause a short circuit#Noun in (something).
     2 (lb en intransitive of an electrical circuit) To short
  circuit#Verb.
     3 (lb en transitive) To shortchange.
     4 (lb en transitive informal) To provide with a smaller than agreed
  or labeled amount.
     5 (lb en transitive business) To sell something, especially security,
  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.
     6 (lb en obsolete) To shorten.
     French n.
     shorts, short trousers (qualifier: UK)
     Middle English a.
     (alternative form of enm schort)
     Spanish n.
     shorts

  Short
     n.
     (surname: en).