Sekirov Dictionary

scant

/skænt/

noun 5
adjective 3
verb 2
adverb 1
determiner 1
forms 5

noun5

•
Scarcity; lack.
- I was greatly surprised, however, in this very fertile and abundant country, to find so great a scant of provisions in the inns. — 1831
•
A small piece or quantity.
- A blonde appeared from the officers' room, wearing a scant of material that passed for issued undergarments. — 2020
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
A sheet of stone.
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

adjective3

•
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.
•
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. — 1599

verb2

•
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
•
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
- The wind scants.

adverb1

•
(old-fashioned) With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
- So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs. — 1655

determiner1

•
Very little, very few.
- After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.
- (as pronoun) The failure of this project has scant to do with me.

forms

scanted · scanting · scants · scanter · scantest

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