scant
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1. Very little, very few.
"After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
2. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
"a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"
3. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
scant
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1. To limit in amount or share; to stint.
"to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries"
2. To fail, or become less; to scantle.
"The wind scants."
Source: en.wiktionary.org
scant
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1. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
2. A sheet of stone.
3. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Source: en.wiktionary.org
scant
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1. Scarcity; lack.
1. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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