short#1 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
examples short skirts
short hair
the board was a foot short
a short toss
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Attribute length
Derivationally related form short → shortness
Antonym short → long
Similar to abbreviated, brief; close; curtal; sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened; shortish; short-range; short-snouted; snub; stubby; telescoped, shortened; truncate, truncated
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Antonym long → short
Similar to abbreviated, brief; close; curtal; sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened; shortish; short-range; short-snouted; snub; stubby; telescoped, shortened; truncate, truncated
Attribute length
Derivationally related form shortness → short

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