Main entry: short
Definition: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Usage: short skirts; short hair; the board was a foot short; a short toss
Antonyms: long
Definition: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
Definition: cause to open or to become open
Definition: become open
Antonyms: open
Definition: display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
Antonyms: open
Definition: begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
Definition: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
Antonyms: distant
Definition: separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
Definition: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
Main entry: short
Definition: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
Usage: a short life; a short flight; a short holiday; a short story; only a few short months
Antonyms: long
Definition: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Main entry: short
Definition: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Usage: the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
Antonyms: long
Definition: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
Main entry: short
Definition: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
Usage: a short sale; short in cotton
Antonyms: long
Definition: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
Main entry: short, little
Definition: low in stature; not tall
Usage: he was short and stocky; short in stature; a short smokestack; a little man
Antonyms: tall
Definition: great in vertical dimension; high in stature
Antonyms: loose
Definition: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Antonyms: thin
Definition: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Antonyms: thin
Definition: relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
Main entry: unretentive, forgetful, short
Definition: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
Usage: a short memory
Antonyms: tenacious, recollective, retentive, long
Definition: good at remembering
Main entry: short
Definition: tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
Usage: shortbread is a short crumbly cookie; a short flaky pie crust
Antonyms: unbreakable
Definition: impossible to break especially under ordinary usage
Main entry: curt, brusk, brusque, short
Definition: marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Usage: try to cultivate a less brusque manner; a curt reply; the salesgirl was very short with him
Antonyms: courteous
Definition: characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
Main entry: short, shortsighted, myopic, unforesightful
Definition: lacking foresight or scope
Usage: a short view of the problem; shortsighted policies; shortsighted critics derided the plan; myopic thinking
Antonyms: provident
Definition: providing carefully for the future
Main entry: inadequate, poor, short
Definition: not sufficient to meet a need
Usage: an inadequate income; a poor salary; money is short; on short rations; food is in short supply; short on experience
Antonyms: sufficient
Definition: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
Main entry: light, scant, short
Definition: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Usage: a light pound; a scant cup of sugar; regularly gives short weight
Antonyms: sufficient
Definition: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant