What is the meaning of SCAN. Phrases containing SCAN
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adv.
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
a.
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
adv.
In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
n.
The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
a.
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves.
n.
Scantness; scarcity.
n.
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
a.
Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
n.
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
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.
n.
Quality or condition of being scanty.
v. t.
To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Scant
imp. & p. p.
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v. t.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
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