English-Thai Dictionary

scant

ADJ ขาดแคลน  ไม่ พอเพียง  มี น้อย  เกือบ ไม่มี  scarce insufficient limited kad-kan

 

scant

ADV อย่าง ขาดแคลน  อย่าง ไม่ เพียงพอ  อย่าง ขัดสน  yang-kad-kan

 

scant

VT ทำให้ ขาดแคลน (คำ โบรา ณ  ทำให้ ลดน้อยลง ,ทำให้ ไม่ เพียงพอ  tam-hai-kad-kan

 

scantiness

N ความขัดสน  ความขาดแคลน  derth lack smallness kwam-kad-son

 

scantly

ADV อย่าง ขาดแคลน  yang-kad-kan

 

scantness

N ความขัดสน  kwam-kad-son

 

scanty

ADJ ขาดแคลน  ไม่ เพียงพอ  scant scarce sparse kad-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCANT

v.t. To limit; to straiten; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries; to scant a garment in cloth.
I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.

 

SCANT

v.i.To fail or become less; as, the wind scants.

 

SCANT

a. 1. Not full, large or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; as a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
2. Sparing; parsimonious; cautiously affording.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. [Not in use. ]
3. Not fair, free or favorable for a ship's course; as a scant wind.

 

SCANT

adv. Scarcely; hardly; not quite. The people - received of the bankers scant twenty shillings for thirty. [Obsolete or vulgar. ]

 

SCANTILY

adv. [from scanty. ] 1. Not fully; not plentifully. the troops were scantily supplied with flour.
2. Sparingly; niggardly; as, to speak scantily of one. [Unusual. ]

 

SCANTINESS

n. 1. Narrowness; want of space or compass; as the scantiness of our heroic verse.
2. Want of amplitude, greatness or abundance; limited extent.
Alexander was much troubled at the scantiness of nature itself.
3. Want of fullness; want of sufficiency; as the scantiness of supplies.

 

SCANTLE

v.t.To be deficient; to fail.

 

SCANTLE

v.i.To divide into thin or small pieces; to shiver.

 

SCANTLET

n.[See Scantling. ] A small pattern; a small quantity. [Not in use. ]

 

SCANTLING

n. 1. A pattern; a quantity cut for a particular purpose.
2. A small quantity; as a scantling of wit.
3. A certain proportion or quantity.
4. In the United States, timber sawed or cut into pieces of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc. This seems to be allied to the L. scandula, and it is the sense in which I have ever heard it used in this country.
5. In seamen's language, the dimensions of a piece of timber, with regard to its breadth and thickness.

 

SCANTLING

a.Not plentiful; small. [Not in use. ]

 

SCANTLY

adv. 1. Scarcely; hardly. Obs.
2. Not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously; without amplitude.

 

SCANTNESS

n.[from scant. ] Narrowness; smallness; as the scantness of our capacities.

 

SCANTY

a.[from scant, and having the same signification. ] 1. Narrow; small; wanting amplitude or extent.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.
2. Poor; not copious or full; not ample; hardly sufficient; as a scanty language; a scanty supply of words; a scantly supply of bread.
3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCANT

Scant, a. [Compar. Scanter; superl. Scantest.] Etym: [Icel. skamt,neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion. ]

 

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. His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour. Ridley.

 

2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. Shak.

 

Syn. -- See under Scanty.

 

SCANT

Scant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scanting.]

 

1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. Where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted.Bacon. I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. Dryden.

 

2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. "Scant not my cups." Shak.

 

SCANT

SCANT Scant, v. i.

 

Defn: To fail, of become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

 

SCANT

SCANT Scant, adv.

 

Defn: In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs. ] Bacon. So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs. Fuller.

 

SCANT

SCANT Scant, n.

 

Defn: Scantness; scarcity. [R.] T. Carew.

 

SCANTILY

SCANTILY Scant "i *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously. His mind was very scantily stored with materials. Macaulay.

 

SCANTINESS

SCANTINESS Scant "i *ness, n.

 

Defn: Quality condition of being scanty.

 

SCANTLE

Scan "tle, v. i. Etym: [Dim. of scant, v.]

 

Defn: To be deficient; to fail. [Obs. ] Drayton.

 

SCANTLE

Scan "tle, v. t. Etym: [OF. escanteler, eschanteler, to break into contles; pref. es- (L. ex ) + cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece. Confused with E. scant. See Cantle. ]

 

Defn: To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. [Obs. ] All their pay Must your discretion scantle; keep it back. J. Webster.

 

SCANTLET

Scant "let, n. Etym: [OF. eschantelet corner. ]

 

Defn: A small pattern; a small quantity. [Obs. ] Sir M. Hale.

 

SCANTLING

Scant "ling, a. Etym: [See Scant, a.]

 

Defn: Not plentiful; small; scanty. [Obs. ] Jer. Taylor.

 

SCANTLING

Scant "ling, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. échantillon, a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See Scantle, v. t.]

 

1. A fragment; a bit; a little piece. Specifically: (a ) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample. [Obs. ] Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people. Bacon. A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years. Milton.

 

(b ) A small quantity; a little bit; not much. [Obs. ] Reducing them to narrow scantlings. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.

 

3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.

 

4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

 

5. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. Knight.

 

SCANTLY

SCANTLY Scant "ly, adv.

 

1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. Dryden.

 

2. Scarcely; hardly; barely. Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town. Fairfax. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.

 

SCANTNESS

SCANTNESS Scant "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. "Scantness of outward things." Barrow.

 

SCANTY

Scant "y, a. [Compar. Scantier; superl. Scantiest.] Etym: [From Scant, a.]

 

1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. his dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke. Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. Pope.

 

2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

 

3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonius. In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words. I. Watts.

 

Syn. -- Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scant

scant |skant skænt | ▶adjective barely sufficient or adequate: companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations. • [ attrib. ] barely amounting to a specified number or quantity: she weighed a scant two pounds. ▶verb [ with obj. ] provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: he does not scant his attention to the later writings. • deal with inadequately; neglect: the press regularly scants a host of issues relating to safety and health. DERIVATIVES scant ly adverb, scant ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short. ’

 

scantling

scant ling |ˈskantliNG ˈskæntlɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a piece of lumber of small cross section. • the size to which a piece of wood or stone is measured and cut. 2 (often scantlings ) a set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, esp. in shipbuilding. 3 archaic a specimen, sample, or small amount of something. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting prescribed size, or a set of standard dimensions ): alteration of obsolete scantillon (from Old French escantillon ‘sample ’), by association with the suffix -ling .

 

scanty

scant y |ˈskantē ˈskæn (t )i | ▶adjective ( scantier, scantiest ) small or insufficient in quantity or amount: scanty wages. • (of clothing ) revealing; skimpy: the women looked cold in their scanty gowns. ▶plural noun (scanties ) brief underpants. DERIVATIVES scant i ly |ˈskantəlē, ˈskantl-ē |adverb, scant i ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from scant + -y 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

scant

scant |skant | ▶adjective barely sufficient or adequate: companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations. • [ attrib. ] barely amounting to a specified number or quantity: she weighed a scant two pounds. ▶verb [ with obj. ] chiefly N. Amer. provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: he does not scant his attention to the later writings. • deal with inadequately; neglect: the press regularly scants a host of issues relating to safety and health. DERIVATIVES scantly adverb, scantness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short ’.

 

scantling

scant |ling |ˈskantlɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a timber beam of small cross section. • the size to which a piece of timber or stone is measured and cut. 2 (often scantlings ) a set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, especially in shipbuilding. 3 archaic a specimen, sample, or small amount of something. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting prescribed size, or a set of standard dimensions ): alteration of obsolete scantillon (from Old French escantillon ‘sample ’), by association with the suffix -ling .

 

scanty

scanty |ˈskanti | ▶adjective ( scantier, scantiest ) small or insufficient in quantity or amount: they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families. • (of clothing ) revealing; skimpy: the women looked cold in their scanty bodices. ▶plural noun (scanties ) informal women's skimpy knickers or pants. DERIVATIVES scantily adverb, scantiness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from scant + -y 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scant

scant adjective there is only scant evidence to support this hypothesis: little, little or no, minimal, hardly (any ), limited, negligible, barely sufficient, meager; insufficient, too little, inadequate, deficient; formal exiguous. ANTONYMS abundant, ample, sufficient.

 

scanty

scanty adjective 1 their scanty wages | details of his life are scanty: meager, scant, minimal, limited, modest, restricted, sparse; tiny, small, paltry, negligible, insufficient, inadequate, deficient, too small /little /few, poor, sketchy, thin; scarce, in short supply, few and far between; informal measly, piddling, mingy, pathetic; formal exiguous. ANTONYMS ample, abundant, plentiful. 2 scanty clothing: skimpy, revealing, short, brief; low, low-cut; indecent. ANTONYMS modest.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scant

scant adjective he paid scant attention to these wider issues | there is only scant evidence to support this hypothesis: little, little or no, minimal, hardly any, limited, negligible, barely sufficient, meagre; insufficient, too little, not enough, inadequate, deficient; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS abundant, ample, sufficient.

 

scanty

scanty adjective 1 they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families | details of his life are scanty: meagre, scant, minimal, limited, modest, restricted, sparse; tiny, small, paltry, negligible, insufficient, inadequate, deficient, sketchy, too small /little /few, not enough, poor; thin, thinning; scarce, in short supply, thin on the ground, few and far between; informal measly, piddling, mingy, pathetic; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS abundant, ample, plentiful. 2 her ridiculously scanty nightdress threatened to fall off altogether: skimpy, revealing, short, brief; low, low-cut; indecent. ANTONYMS modest. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD scanty, sparse, meagre See meagre . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scant

scant /skænt /形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗不十分な, 乏しい 〈注意 敬意 考慮など 〉; 〖be ～〗 «…が » 足りない «of » ▸ pay scant attention to pedestrians 通行人にわずかの注意しか払わない .2 〖しばしば a ～ A 〗A 〈数値 〉足らず [弱 ]; わずかA ▸ a scant five hours たった5時間足らず .動詞 他動詞 …を減らす ; 出し惜しむ ; 軽く扱う .

 

scanties

scan ties /skǽntiz /名詞 ｟話 ｠〖複数扱い 〗スキャンティ 〘短いpanties 〙.

 

scantling

scant ling /skǽntlɪŋ /名詞 C 小角材 ; U 小角材類 .

 

scanty

scant y /skǽnti /形容詞 1 〈衣服が 〉露出度の高い, 短い, 小さい (flimsy ).2 〈物が 〉 (量的に )不十分な, 不足した, 乏しい .sc á nt i ly 副詞 不十分に, 乏しく ; わずかに, 少しだけ .sc á n ti ness 名詞 U 不足, 乏しさ .