bare vs scant

bare

adj
  • Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. 

  • A lot or lots of. 

  • Having had what usually covers (something) removed. 

  • Having no decoration. 

  • Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. 

  • Threadbare, very worn. 

  • Naked, uncovered. 

  • Having no supplies. 

  • With head uncovered; bareheaded. 

  • Mere; without embellishment. 

  • Not insured. 

noun
  • The surface, the (bare) skin. 

  • Surface; body; substance. 

  • That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. 

adv
  • Without a condom. 

  • Barely. 

  • Very; significantly. 

verb
  • To uncover; to reveal. 

scant

adj
  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

noun
  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

  • A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 

det
  • Very little, very few. 

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