bre: berr

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Meaning
means(adjective) low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
little, short
means(adjective) (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
short
means(adjective) primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
short
means(adjective) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
short
means(adjective) of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"
brief
means(adjective) not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
short, inadequate, poor
means(adjective) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"
short
means(adjective) tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"
short

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