adjective

 

distance having a small distance from one end to the other

short, brown hair

 

time continuing for a small amount of time

a short visit

 

book A short book or other piece of writing has few pages or words.

a short article/story

 

person A short person is not as tall as most people.

She's short and slim with dark hair.

 

not having enough not having enough of something

I'm a bit short of money at the moment.

 

adverb

 

without doing something

He did everything he could to get the money, short of robbing a bank.

 

noun

 

in a few words

In short, we need more staff.

 

film a short film

 

drink a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink like whisky