| Scant: English to English |
| Scant (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. |
| Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity. |
| Scant (superl.) 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. |
| Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary. |
| Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. |
| Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. |
| Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. |