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scanting

scanting is the present participle and gerund of scant.

Meaning of scant

Verb

scant (third-person singular simple present scants, present participle scanting, simple past and past participle scanted)

  1. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
    • to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
  2. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
    • The wind scants.

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Questions about scanting

What is scanting the present participle and gerund of?
Scanting is the present participle and gerund of scant.

Words near scanting in the dictionary

  1. scantily
  2. scantily clad
  3. scantily-clad
  4. scantiness
  5. scantinesses
  6. scanting
  7. scantity
  8. scantle
  9. Scantlebury
  10. Scantleburys
  11. scantled

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