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Short [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber.

2. The bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on it. Isaiah 28:20 .

3. Not extended in time; not of long duration.

4. The triumphing of the wicked is short . Job 20:5 .

5. Not of usual or suffifient length, reach or extent.

6. Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. Pope .

7. Not of long duration; repeated at small intervals of time; as short breath.

8. Not of adequate extent or quantity; not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected; as a quantity short of our expectations.

9. Not therefore am I short

10. Of knowing what I ought. Milton .

11. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth.

12. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions are short ; a short allowance of water for the voyage.

13. Not sufficiently supplied; scantily furnished.

14. the English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions.

15. Hayward .

16. Not far distant in time; future.

17. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him, to be ready by a short day. Clarendon .

18. Not fetching a compass; as in the phrase, to turn short .

19. Not going to the point intended; as, to stop short .

20. Defective in quantity; as sheep short of their wool.

21. Narrow; limited; not extended; not large or comprehensive.

22. Their own short understandings reach

23. No farther than the present. Rowe .

24. Brittle; friable; breaking all at once without splinters or shatters; as marl so short that it cannot be wrought into a ball.

25. Not bending.

26. The lance broke short . Dryden .

27. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; severe. I asked him a question, to which he gave a short answer.

28. To be short , to be scantily supplied; as, to be short of bread or water.

29. To come short , to fail; not to do what is demanded or expected, or what is necessary for the purpose; applied to persons . We all come short of perfect obedience to God's will.

30. Not to reach or obtain.

31. To fail; to be insufficient. Provisions come short .

32. To cut short , to abridge; to contract; to make to small or defective; also, ot destroy or consume.

33. To fall short , to fail; to be inadequate or scanty; as, provisions fall short ; money falls short .

34. To fail; not to do or accomplish; as, to fall short on duty.

35. To be less. The measure falls short of the estimate.

36. To stop short , to stop at once; also, to stop without reaching the point intended.

37. To turn short , to turn on the spot occupied; to turn without making a compass.

38. For turning short he struck with all his might. Dryden .

39. To be taken short , to be seized with urgent necessity.

40. In short , a few words; briefly; to sum up or close in a few words.

Short [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not long; as short -enduring joy; a short -breathed man.

2. In connection with verbs, short is a modifying word, or used adverbially; as, to come short , etc.

Short [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A summary account; as the short of the matter.

2. The short and long in our play is preferred. Shak .

Short [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To fail; to decrease. [ Not in use .]

Short [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To shorten.

Short [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.

2. In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

Short [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A summary account.

2. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

3. Short, inferior hemp.

4. Breeches; shortclothes.

5. A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

Short [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.

5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

6. Not distant in time; near at hand.

7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.

9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

10. Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

11. Brittle.

12. Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.

Short [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To fail; to decrease.

Short [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To shorten.

Short circuit Webster's Dictionary 1913

A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.

Short-breathed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having short breath or quick respiration.

2. Having little time to run.

Short-breathed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having short-breath, or quick respiration.

2. Having short life.

Short-circuit [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.

Short-circuited [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Short-circuit

Short-circuiting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Short-circuit

Short-dated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having little time to run from the date.

Short-handed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.

Short-jointed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A horse is said to be short-jointed when the pastern is to short.

Short-jointed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.

Short-lived [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

Short-lived [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

Short-sight [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Short-sightedness; myopy; vision accurate only when the object is near.

Short-sightedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A defect in vision, consisting in the inability to see things at a distance, or at the distance to which ssight normally extends. Short-sightedness is owing to the too great convexity of the crystaline humor of the eye, by which the rays of light are brought to a focus too soon, that is, before they reach the retina.

2. Defected or limited intellectual sight; inabilaty to see far into futurity or into things deep or abstruse.

Short-spoken [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.

Short-waisted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having a short waist or body.

Short-waisted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a short waist.

Short-winded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick respiration; as asthmatic persons.

Short-winded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.

Short-winged [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having short wings; as a short-winged hawk.

Short-wited [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

Short-witted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having little wit; not wise; of scanty intellect or judgement.

Shortage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

Shortcake [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.

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Genesis 41:32

And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

Exodus 13:17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

Exodus 16:18

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

Numbers 10:5

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

Numbers 10:6

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

Numbers 10:7

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

Numbers 10:9

And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

Numbers 11:23

And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

Ruth 2:7

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”

2 Samuel 19:36

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?

2 Kings 2:1

And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

2 Kings 5:19

And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

“Go in peace,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,

2 Kings 10:32

In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

Job 14:1

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

Job 17:12

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

Job 18:7

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Psalms 89:45

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

Psalms 89:47

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

Psalms 102:23

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.