short

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).

(intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.

(transitive) To shortchange.

(transitive, informal) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

(transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

(obsolete) To shorten.