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Definition of Scant

1. Adjective. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. "Regularly gives short weight"

2. Verb. Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.

3. Verb. Limit in quality or quantity.

4. Verb. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. "Sting with the allowance"

Definition of Scant

1. a. 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.

2. 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.

3. v. i. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

4. adv. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

5. n. Scantness; scarcity.

Definition of Scant

1. Adjective. very little, very few ¹

2. Verb. To limit in amount or share; to stint. ¹

3. Noun. (context: masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. ¹

4. Noun. (context: masonry) A sheet of stone. ¹

5. Noun. (context: wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scant

1. meager [adj SCANTER, SCANTEST] / to provide with a meager portion [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: meager

Medical Definition of Scant

1. 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; chary. "Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence." (Shak) Synonym: See Scanty. Origin: Icel. Skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. Skamta to dole out, to portion. 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. "Where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted." (Bacon) "I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions." (Dryden) 2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." Origin: Scanted; Scanting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scant

scanning transmission electron microscopes scanning transmission electron microscopy scanning tunneling microscope scanning tunneling microscopes scanning tunnelling microscopy scannings scanno scannos scanogram scans

scansion scansions scanslation scansores scansorial scant (current term) scant(p) scanted scanter scantest

scantier scanties scantiest scantily scantily clad scantiness scantinesses scanting scantity scantle

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