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What does scant mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word scant? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Very little, very few.
  2. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
  3. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
  2. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
Noun
  1. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
  2. (masonry) A sheet of stone.
  3. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Adverb
  1. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
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