scant

Etymology
Adjective and determiner from, from , neuter of , from , from. Verb from, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from, from the adjective.

Adjective

 * 1) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
 * 2) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
 * 1) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
 * 1) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
 * 1) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
 * 1) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:rare

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: mager, knap
 * Esperanto:, preskaŭ nesufiĉa
 * Romanian:, aproape suficient, ,
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To limit in amount or share; to stint.
 * 2)  To fail, or become less; to scantle.
 * 1)  To fail, or become less; to scantle.
 * 1)  To fail, or become less; to scantle.
 * 1)  To fail, or become less; to scantle.
 * 1)  To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Determiner

 * 1) Very little, very few.
 * The failure of this project has scant to do with me.
 * The failure of this project has scant to do with me.

Antonyms

 * , plenty (of)

Translations

 * Bulgarian: твърде малък
 * Czech: pramalý
 * Danish: meget lidt, knap
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malmultete
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hebrew: מעט מאוד
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: foarte puțin
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gann
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A small piece or quantity.
 * 2)  Scarcity; lack.
 * 3) * 1846, J T Hackett, Ability of the public to make the projected railways, reprinted in The Railway Register Vol. IV, page 144
 * Even if labour were diverted to a great extent from our grand staple, the cotton manufacture, we are not prepared to admit that the country would be worse off. The worst that could happen in such a case would be, that for a few years, during the inordinate progress of railways, our population would run short of shirts and shifts. If the woollen manufacture be the theme, there would be a scant of coats and petticoats; or if the earthenware manufacture, there must be fewer teapots and pipkins.
 * 1)  A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
 * 2)  A sheet of stone.
 * 3)  A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
 * 1)  A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
 * 2)  A sheet of stone.
 * 3)  A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Adverb

 * 1)  With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.