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Meaning of 'scant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scant [ adv.]
- In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
2 . Scant [ n.]
- Scantness; scarcity.
3 . Scant [ superl.]
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
4 . Scant [ v. i.]
- To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
5 . Scant [ v. t.]
- To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
- To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.

Meaning of 'scant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scant [ v]
Meaning (1):
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
Example in sentence:
  • stint with the allowance
2 . scant [ s]
Meaning (2):
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Example in sentence:
  • a light pound;
  • a scant cup of sugar;
  • regularly gives short weight

Nearby Words:

scab scabbard scabbard plane scabbed scabbedness scabbily scabbiness scabbing scabble scabby

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