Associations to the word «Scarce»
Noun
- Grass
- Livestock
- Sick
- Fear
- Pride
- Comrade
- Collector
- Acorn
- Cattle
- Whisper
- Instant
- Damsel
- Breath
- Antiquary
- Wage
- Fortune
- Sight
- Make
- Tenderness
- Tread
- Throw
- Sigh
- Flier
- Misery
- Shrub
- Farmland
- Morning
- Pug
- Nightingale
- Fortnight
- Exertion
- Otter
- Demand
- Booty
- Mistress
- Herb
- Ralph
- But
- Relish
- Laugh
- Quail
- Inuit
- Tear
- Squirrel
- Barney
- Foe
- Hog
- Lichen
- Plunder
- Crop
- Lodging
- Grin
- Price
- Habitat
- Gentleman
- Vestige
Adjective
Wiktionary
SCARCE, adjective. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
SCARCE, adjective. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
SCARCE, adverb. (now literary) (archaic) Scarcely, only just.
SCARCE AS HEN'S TEETH, adjective. (simile) Synonym of rare as hen's teeth.
SCARCE COPPER, noun. A butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae
Dictionary definition
SCARCE, adverb. Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats.
SCARCE, adjective. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought".
Wise words
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