Short
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( superl.) Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
(2): ( superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
(3): ( superl.) Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
(4): ( superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
(5): ( superl.) 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.
(6): ( adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
(7): ( superl.) Not distant in time; near at hand.
(8): ( superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
(9): ( superl.) Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); - with of.
(10): ( superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
(11): ( superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
(12): ( superl.) Brittle.
(13): ( superl.) 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.
(14): ( adv.) 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.
(15): ( n.) A summary account.
(16): ( n.) The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
(17): ( n.) Short, inferior hemp.
(18): ( n.) Breeches; shortclothes.
(19): ( n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
(20): ( v. t.) To shorten.
(21): ( v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
King James Dictionary [2]
SHORT, a. L. curtus.
1. Not long not having great length or extension as a short distance a short ferry a short flight a short piece of timber.
The bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on it. Isaiah 28 .
2. Not extended in time not of long duration.
The triumphing of the wicked is short. Job 20 .
3. Not of usual or suffifient length, reach or extent.
Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. Pope.
4. Not of long duration repeated at small intervals of time as short breath. 5. Not of adequate extent or quantity not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected as a quantity short of our expectations.
Not therefore am I short
Of knowing what I ought. Milton.
6. Deficient defective imperfect. This account is short of the truth. 7. Not adequate insufficient scanty as, provisions are short a short allowance of water for the voyage. 8. Not sufficiently supplied scantily furnished.
the English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
Little 1—Thessalonians 2:17HourSeason
