Scant
adjective
- 1.
- (Inadequate meager, hardly enough; insufficient; to put on short allowance; to fail to give full measure) ដែលក្រ, ដែលកម្រឃើញ, ដែលកម្ររកបាន, នៃរបោះ, ដែលរង្វើល, ដែលស្ដើង, ដែលកម្រ (ដែលមានគុណសម្បត្ដិវិសេសវិសាល), ដែលឃ្លាត (ដែលមិនសូវទៅមករកគ្នា), ដែលខ្វះខាត
Example: A scant teaspoonful of baking powder in the cake.scant of breath ដែលមិនដល់គ្នា (ដង្ហើម), scnat18$ ដែលខ្វះ, a scant five minutes ដែលមិនដល់ទាំង
verb — past tense: scanted ; past participle: scanted ; present participle: scanting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To give an inadequate portion or allowance to: had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn. 2. To limit, as in amount or share; stint: Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job. 3. To deal with) scant the sugar បង្អង់ដៃ, scant an important point ផ្ដល់អោយមិនគ្រប់គ្រាន់
ENGLISH MEANING
adjective
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
verb — past tense: scanted ; past participle: scanted ; present participle: scanting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
adverb
- 1.
- In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
- 1.
- Scantness, scarcity