I.
adj.
1 not measuring much from one end to the other
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ comparatively , relatively
▪
a relatively ~ distance of 50 to 100 miles
2 not lasting a long time
VERBS
▪ be , feel , seem
▪ become , get
▪
The days are getting shorter and shorter.
▪ make sth
▪ keep sth
▪
Do you mind if we keep the meeting ~?
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ remarkably , surprisingly
▪ reasonably
▪ comparatively , relatively
▪
It was all over in a relatively ~ space of time.
▪ mercifully
▪
The interview was mercifully ~.
▪ tragically
▪
a young woman whose life was cut tragically ~
3 not having enough of what is needed
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪
Our team was one player ~.
▪ become , get
▪
We're getting ~ of funds.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
If space is very ~, that door can be moved.
▪ terribly , woefully
▪
His performance was woefully ~ of conviction.
▪
United looked terribly ~ of menace in attack.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪
Mike was a little ~ of cash just then.
PHRASES
▪ in ~ supply
▪
Safe drinking water is in desperately ~ supply.
Short is used with these nouns: ↑ account , ↑ acquaintance , ↑ address , ↑ answer , ↑ arm , ↑ article , ↑ ball , ↑ bang , ↑ bark , ↑ beak , ↑ bibliography , ↑ biography , ↑ blast , ↑ break , ↑ breath , ↑ breather , ↑ burst , ↑ call , ↑ career , ↑ ceremony , ↑ chase , ↑ chat , ↑ chimney , ↑ circuit , ↑ climb , ↑ clip , ↑ coat , ↑ conversation , ↑ cord , ↑ corner , ↑ corridor , ↑ course , ↑ crack , ↑ cut , ↑ delay , ↑ description , ↑ detour , ↑ distance , ↑ diversion , ↑ document , ↑ dress , ↑ drive , ↑ duration , ↑ excerpt , ↑ excursion , ↑ extract , ↑ fiction , ↑ film , ↑ flight , ↑ fuse , ↑ gap , ↑ gasp , ↑ grass , ↑ guide , ↑ hair , ↑ haircut , ↑ handle , ↑ haul , ↑ honeymoon , ↑ illness , ↑ interruption , ↑ interval , ↑ introduction , ↑ journey , ↑ labour , ↑ laugh , ↑ layover , ↑ lease , ↑ leg , ↑ letter , ↑ life , ↑ lifetime , ↑ limb , ↑ line , ↑ list , ↑ man , ↑ meeting , ↑ memory , ↑ message , ↑ monologue , ↑ month , ↑ nail , ↑ nap , ↑ neck , ↑ note , ↑ notice , ↑ odds , ↑ order , ↑ overview , ↑ pants , ↑ paragraph , ↑ pass , ↑ passage , ↑ pause , ↑ period , ↑ piece , ↑ poem , ↑ prayer , ↑ puff , ↑ questionnaire , ↑ résumé , ↑ rally , ↑ range , ↑ ration , ↑ recess , ↑ recession , ↑ reply , ↑ report , ↑ respite , ↑ rest , ↑ review , ↑ ride , ↑ route , ↑ run , ↑ section , ↑ sentence , ↑ sequence , ↑ session , ↑ shorts , ↑ siesta , ↑ silence , ↑ sketch , ↑ skirt , ↑ sleep , ↑ sleeve , ↑ slope , ↑ sock , ↑ solo , ↑ space , ↑ span , ↑ speech , ↑ spell , ↑ sprint , ↑ statement , ↑ stature , ↑ stay , ↑ stem , ↑ stick , ↑ stint , ↑ stop , ↑ story , ↑ stretch , ↑ stride , ↑ strike , ↑ stroke , ↑ stroll , ↑ summary , ↑ sword , ↑ syllable , ↑ tail , ↑ talk , ↑ temper , ↑ tenure , ↑ term , ↑ time , ↑ trek , ↑ trip , ↑ trousers , ↑ tunnel , ↑ update , ↑ vacation , ↑ version , ↑ visit , ↑ vowel , ↑ wait , ↑ walk , ↑ wall , ↑ war , ↑ wavelength , ↑ way , ↑ week , ↑ while , ↑ whistle , ↑ wing , ↑ year
II.
adv.
Short is used with these verbs: ↑ cut , ↑ stop