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.
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Where a man hath a great living laid together and
where he is scanted. --Bacon.
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I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your
actions. --Dryden.
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2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
curtail.
“Scant not my cups.” --Shak.
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