'Scant' definitions:
Definition of 'scant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short]
verb
Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially [syn: skimp, scant]
verb
Limit in quality or quantity [syn: scant, skimp]
verb
Definition of 'Scant'
From: GCIDE
- Scant \Scant\, n. Scantness; scarcity. [R.] --T. Carew. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scant'
From: GCIDE
- Scant \Scant\, a. [Compar. Scanter; superl. Scantest.] [Icel. skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour. --Ridley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. [1913 Webster]
- Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See under Scanty. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scant'
From: GCIDE
- Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scanting.]
- 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. [1913 Webster]
- Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scant'
From: GCIDE
- Scant \Scant\, v. i. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scant'
From: GCIDE
- Scant \Scant\, adv. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]