English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of scant

scant

/adjective/ अल्प; थोड़ा; तुच्छ; दरिद्र; स्वल्प; कम; थोडा; तंग; कंजूस; कृपण;

Synonym meager; little; insignificant; poor; small; somewhat; annoyed; miserly; curmudgeon;

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English Dictionary:

1. Scant

[adv.]

- In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

2. Scant

[n.]

- Scantness; scarcity.

3. 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.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

4. Scant

[v. i.]

- To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

5. 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.
- To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.