Found 3 items, similar to Scanting.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: scant memperkecil
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scant scant adj : 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] scant v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially [syn: skimp] 2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: skimp] 3: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; “sting with the allowance” [syn: stint, skimp]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scanting 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]