scant
Definitions of 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.
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superl. - Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
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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.
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v. t. - To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
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v. i. - To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
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adv. - In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
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n. - Scantness; scarcity.
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The word "scant" uses 5 letters: A C N S T.
Direct anagrams of scant:
canst cants
Words formed by adding one letter before or after scant (in bold), or to acnst in any order:
a - sancta e - ascent centas enacts secant stance h - chants snatch stanch i - actins antics nastic o - cantos cotans octans s - scants u - cantus y - scanty
Shorter words found within scant:
act acts an ant ants as at can cans cant cast cat cats na sac sat scan scat ta tan tans tas
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