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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stint \stint\, v. t. imp. p. p. stinted; p. pr. vb. n.
stinting. 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
she stints them in their meals. --law.
1913 webster
2. to put an end to; to stop. obs. --shak.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
4. to serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
1913 webster
the majority of maiden mares will become stinted
while at work. --j. h. walsh.
1913 webster
see also:
stinted stinting stent stunt
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stinting
adj : avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical
shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a
sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their
use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts";
"thrifty because they remember the great depression";
"`scotch' is used only informally" syn: economical,
frugal, scotch, sparing
see also:
economical frugal scotch sparing
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "stinting":
cheeseparing, economy, economy of assumption, economy of means,
elegance, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, law of parsimony,
measured, moderate, overfrugal, parsimonious, parsimoniousness,
parsimony, penny-wise, penny-wise and pound-foolish, pinching,
restrained, scamping, scrimping, skimping, sober, sparing,
temperate, too frugal
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