Associations to the word «Scant»

Wiktionary

SCANT, adjective. Very little, very few.
SCANT, adjective. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
SCANT, adjective. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
SCANT, verb. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
SCANT, verb. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
SCANT, noun. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
SCANT, noun. (masonry) A sheet of stone.
SCANT, noun. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
SCANT, adverb. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Dictionary definition

SCANT, verb. Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.
SCANT, verb. Limit in quality or quantity.
SCANT, verb. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance".
SCANT, adjective. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn