Look up: Scant


  1. scant
    [v] - limit in quality or quantity
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=scant

  2. Scant
    Scant adjective [ Compar. Scanter ; superl. Scantest .] [ Icelandic skamt , neuter of skamr , skammr , short; confer skamta to dole out, to portion.] 1....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/25

  3. Scant
    Scant transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scanted ; present participle & verbal noun Scanting .] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/25

  4. Scant
    Scant intransitive verb To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/25

  5. Scant
    Scant adverb In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [ Obsolete] Bacon. « So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.» Fuller.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/25

  6. Scant
    Scant noun Scantness; scarcity. [ R.] T. Carew.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/25

  7. scant
    1. 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. 'His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.' (Ridley) ... 2. Sparing; parsimonious; c...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?scant

  8. scant
    verb supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; `sting with the allowance`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=scant

  9. Scant
    • (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. • (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. • ...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scant/

  10. scant
    1)
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/scant/1

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