Scant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Barely sufficient: paid scant attention to the lecture.
  • adj. Falling short of a specific measure: a scant cup of sugar.
  • adj. Inadequately supplied; short: We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
  • v. To give an inadequate portion or allowance to: had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn.
  • v. To limit, as in amount or share; stint: Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job.
  • v. To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. very little, very few
  • v. To limit in amount or share; to stint.
  • n. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
  • n. A sheet of stone.
  • n. A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough.
  • adj. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
  • v. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint.
  • v. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
  • verb-intransitive. To fail, or become less; to scantle.
  • ad. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
  • n. Scantness; scarcity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Short in quantity; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough; scanty: as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant piece of cloth for a garment.
  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
  • Having a limited or scanty supply; scarce; short: with of.
  • Nautical, of the wind, coming from a direction such that a ship will barely lie her course even when close-hauled.
  • n. Scarcity; scantiness; lack.
  • Scarcely; hardly.
  • Scantily; sparingly.
  • To put on scant allowance; limit; stint: as, to scant one in provisions or necessaries.
  • To make small or scanty; diminish; cut short or down.
  • To be niggard or sparing of; begrudge; keep back.
  • Nautical, of the wind, to become less favorable; blow in such a direction as to hinder a vessel from continuing on her course even when close-hauled.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
  • v. limit in quality or quantity
  • v. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  • adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    scanted    scanting    scants   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    restrict    furnish    provide    supply    render   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scanty    meager    sparing    parsimonious    chary    curtail    scantle    scarcely    hardly    scantness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ant    Brandt    Brant    Grant    Kant    Levant    Quant    ant    aunt    brant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scanty    ample    only    sparse    substantial    insufficient    extra    especial    minimal    imperfect