Scant/(ضئيلة)

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. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. Scantness; scarcity. 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. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. Scantness; scarcity.

Noun

A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. A sheet of stone. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. Scarcity; lack.

Verb

To limit in amount or share; to stint. To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Synonyms

Geason few little slight

Antonyms

Ample plenty

Adverb

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Adjective

Very little, very few. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.