English-Thai Dictionary
stint
N การ จำกัด การ หน่วงเหนี่ยว การ ควบคุม limitation restriction restraint constraint kan-jam-kad
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N การ หยุด pause halt kan-yud
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N ช่วงเวลา ที่ ทำ สิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่ง ช่วง ของ งาน period spell chung-we-la-ti-tam-siang-dai-siang-nuang
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N นก ชาย ฝั่งทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง sandpiper nok-chai-fang-ta-lea-cha-nid-nuang
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VI ประหยัด มัธยัสถ์ ขี้เหนียว ตระหนี่ be mean be frugal pra-yad
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VI หยุด หยุดชะงัก ยับยั้ง cease stop yud
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VT จำกัด จำกัดจำเขี่ย limit confine restrain jam-kad
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PHRV ทำให้ ไม่มี (บางสิ่ง เพียงพอ tam-hai-mai-me
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STINT
v.t.[Gr. , narrow. ] 1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to limit; as, to stint the body in growth; to stint the mind in knowledge; to stint a person in his meals.
Nature wisely stints our appetite.
2. To assign a certain task in labor, which being performed, the person is excused from further labor for the day, or for a certain time; a common popular use of the word in America.
STINT
n.A small bird, the Tringa cinctus.
STINT
n. 1. Limit; bound; restraint.
2. Quantity assigned; proportion allotted. The workmen have their stint.
Our stint of woe is common.
STINTANCE
n.Restraint; stoppage. [Not used or local. ]
STINTED
pp. Restrained to a certain limit or quantity; limited.
STINTER
n.He or that which stints.
STINTING
ppr. Restraining within certain limits; assigning a certain quantity to; limiting.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STINT
STINT Stint, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta ), etc. Called also pume. (b ) A phalarope.
STINT
Stint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stinting. ] Etym: [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp. ) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt. ]
1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds. Woodward. She stints them in their meals. Law.
2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs. ] Shak.
3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited ) task to (a person ), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares. The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work. J. H. Walsh.
STINT
STINT Stint, v. i.
Defn: To stop; to cease. [Archaic ] They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott.
STINT
Stint, n. Etym: [Also written stent. See Stint, v. t.]
1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. South.
2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year. Cowper.
STINTANCE
STINTANCE Stint "ance, n.
Defn: Restraint; stoppage. [Obs. ]
STINTEDNESS
STINTEDNESS Stint "ed *ness, n.
Defn: The state of being stinted.
STINTER
STINTER Stint "er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, stints.
STINTLESS
STINTLESS Stint "less, a.
Defn: Without stint or restraint. The stintlesstears of old Heraclitus. Marston.
New American Oxford Dictionary
stint
stint 1 |stint stɪnt | ▶verb [ with obj. often with negative ] supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something ): stowage room hasn't been stinted. • [ no obj. ] be economical or frugal about spending or providing something: he doesn't stint on wining and dining. • restrict (someone ) in the amount of something (esp. money ) given or permitted: to avoid having to stint yourself, budget in advance. ▶noun 1 a person's fixed or allotted period of work: his varied career included a stint as a magician. 2 limitation of supply or effort: a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint . ORIGIN Old English styntan ‘make blunt, ’ of Germanic origin; related to stunt 1 .
stint
stint 2 |stɪnt stint | ▶noun a small short-legged sandpiper of northern Eurasia and Alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts. [Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae: four species. ] ORIGIN Middle English: of unknown origin.
Oxford Dictionary
stint
stint 1 |stɪnt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] [ often with negative ] supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something ): stowage room hasn't been stinted. • restrict (someone ) in the amount of something, especially money, given or permitted: to avoid having to stint yourself, budget in advance. • [ no obj. ] be very economical or mean about spending or providing something: he doesn't stint on wining and dining. ▶noun 1 a person's fixed or allotted period of work: his varied career included a stint as a magician. 2 [ mass noun ] limitation of supply or effort: a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint . ORIGIN Old English styntan ‘make blunt ’, of Germanic origin; related to stunt 1 .
stint
stint 2 |stɪnt | ▶noun a small short-legged sandpiper of northern Eurasia and Alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts. ●Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae: four species. ORIGIN Middle English: of unknown origin.
American Oxford Thesaurus
stint
stint verb we saved by stinting on food: skimp on, scrimp on, be economical with, economize on, be sparing with, hold back on, be frugal with; be mean with, be parsimonious with; limit, restrict; informal be stingy with, be mingy with, be tight with. ▶noun a two-week stint in the office: spell, stretch, turn, session, term, shift, tour of duty.
Oxford Thesaurus
stint
stint verb he doesn't stint on wining and dining: skimp on, scrimp on, be economical with, economize on, be sparing with, hold back on, be frugal with; be mean with, be parsimonious with, be niggardly with; limit, restrict; pinch pennies, spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar; informal be stingy with, be mingy with, be tight-fisted with, be tight with. ▶noun his six-month stint on the surgical wards: spell, stretch, period, time, turn, run, session, term; shift, tour of duty, watch.
Duden Dictionary
Stint
Stint Substantiv, maskulin , der |St i nt |aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch stint, wohl eigentlich = »Kurzer, Gestutzter «1 kleiner, silberglänzender, zu den Lachsen gehörender Fisch, der besonders zur Trangewinnung gefangen wird 2 norddeutsch Junge, junger Mensch sich freuen wie ein Stint sich sehr freuen
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
stint
stint /stɪnt /名詞 C 〖単数形で 〗(仕事の )任期, (活動 )期間 ; «…としての » (一定期間の )任務 «as » ▸ do [finish ] a four-year stint 4年の任期を務める [終える ]without st í nt ｟かたく ｠惜しみなく .動詞 自動詞 〖否定文で 〗 «…を » 出し惜しみする «on » .他動詞 …を切りつめる ▸ stint oneself of A Aをけちる
The Wordsmith Dictionary