Short meaning in Hindi

short (noun) = the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

Synonyms: short

short (noun) = accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

Synonyms: short_circuit, short

short (noun) = the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

Synonyms: shortstop, short

short (verb) = cheat someone by not returning him enough money

Synonyms: short-change, short

short (verb) = create a short circuit in

Synonyms: short-circuit, short

short (adj) = primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

Synonyms: short

• Usage: a short life
• Usage: a short flight
• Usage: a short holiday
• Usage: a short story
• Usage: only a few short months

short (adj) = (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

Synonyms: short

• Usage: short skirts
• Usage: short hair
• Usage: the board was a foot short
• Usage: a short toss

short (adj) = low in stature; not tall

Synonyms: short, little

• Usage: he was short and stocky
• Usage: short in stature
• Usage: a short smokestack
• Usage: a little man

short (adj) = not sufficient to meet a need

Synonyms: inadequate, poor, short

• Usage: an inadequate income
• Usage: a poor salary
• Usage: money is short
• Usage: on short rations
• Usage: food is in short supply
• Usage: short on experience

short (adj) = (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

Synonyms: unretentive, forgetful, short

• Usage: a short memory

short (adj) = not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

Synonyms: short

• Usage: a short sale
• Usage: short in cotton

short (adj) = of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

Synonyms: short

• Usage: the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short

short (adj) = less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

Synonyms: light, scant, short

• Usage: a light pound
• Usage: a scant cup of sugar
• Usage: regularly gives short weight

short (adj) = lacking foresight or scope

Synonyms: short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic

• Usage: a short view of the problem
• Usage: shortsighted policies
• Usage: shortsighted critics derided the plan
• Usage: myopic thinking

short (adj) = tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

Synonyms: short

• Usage: shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
• Usage: a short flaky pie crust

short (adj) = marked by rude or peremptory shortness

Synonyms: brusque, brusk, curt, short

• Usage: try to cultivate a less brusque manner
• Usage: a curt reply
• Usage: the salesgirl was very short with him

short (adv) = quickly and without warning

Synonyms: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead

• Usage: he stopped suddenly

short (adv) = without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

Synonyms: short

• Usage: he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash

short (adv) = clean across

Synonyms: short

• Usage: the car's axle snapped short

short (adv) = at some point or distance before a goal is reached

Synonyms: short

• Usage: he fell short of our expectations

short (adv) = so as to interrupt

Synonyms: short

• Usage: She took him up short before he could continue

short (adv) = at a disadvantage

Synonyms: short, unawares

• Usage: I was caught short

short (adv) = in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

Synonyms: curtly, short, shortly

• Usage: he told me curtly to get on with it
• Usage: he talked short with everyone
• Usage: he said shortly that he didn't like it