English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- Scantness; scarcity.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
A light pound.
A scant cup of sugar.
Regularly gives short weight.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
source: WordNet 3.0
- limit in quality or quantity
source: WordNet 3.0
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
Sting with the allowance.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
source: Webster 1913
- To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [scánt] Bihirà; madalang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
