Scant vs Bare - What's the difference?
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Very little, very few.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
* Ridley
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
* Shakespeare
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
* Shakespeare
* Francis Bacon
* Dryden
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
(masonry) A sheet of stone.
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
* Fuller
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
* Addison
Naked, uncovered.
Having no supplies.
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Having no decoration.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
(British, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
* Herbert
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
* Milton
Threadbare; much worn.
* Shakespeare
(British, slang) Very; significantly.
Barely.
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Without a condom
the surface, the (bare) skin
* 1599 ,
* 2002 , Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7 :
Surface; body; substance.
* Marston
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
To uncover; to reveal.
(obsolete) (bear)
* Bible, Josh. iii. 15
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5
Scant is a related term of bare.
As an adjective scant
is very little, very few.As a verb scant
is to limit in amount or share; to stint.As a noun scant
is (masonry) a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.As an adverb scant
is with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.As a proper noun bare is
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English
Adjective
(er)- "After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
- 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.
- Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Synonyms
* few, little, slight * (l)Antonyms
* ample, plentyDerived terms
* scantyVerb
(en verb)- to scant''' someone in provisions; to '''scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
- Scant not my cups.
- where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted
- I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
- The wind scants .
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "scant")Adverb
(-)- So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
- (Francis Bacon)
Anagrams
* *bare
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a bare majority
- the bare necessaries of life
- Don't show your bare backside in public.
- a room bare of furniture
- The cupboard was bare .
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare .
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
- It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
- When once thy foot enters the church, be bare .
- Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear!
- It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.
Synonyms
* (minimal) mere, minimal * (without a condom) * (naked) exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed * (having no supplies) empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied * (having no decoration) empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated * (having had what usually covers (something) removed ): despoiled, stripped, uncoveredAntonyms
* (minimal) ample, plentiful, sufficient * (naked) covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed * (having no supplies) full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked * (having no decoration) adorned, decorated, ornate * coveredDerived terms
* ace bare * bareback * barebacked * bare boards * bareboat * barebone * bare bones * bare-breasted * bare-chested * barefaced * barefoot, barefooted * barehanded * bareheaded * bare-knuckle fight * bareland * barelegged * barely * bareness * bare patch * barish * in one's bare skin * king bare * lay bare * threadbare * with one's bare handsAdverb
- This porno's bare whack, bruv.
Noun
(en noun)- In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]
- Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.
- You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).Verb
(bar)- She bared her teeth at him.
Synonyms
* (uncover) expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncoverAntonyms
* (uncover) cover, cover up, hideDerived terms
* bare one's breast * bare one's soul * bare one's teethEtymology 3
Inflected forms.Verb
(head)- The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
- And so I put thee on my shoulder and bare thee back, and here thou art in David's room, and shalt find board and bed with me as long as thou hast mind to