protect vs scant

protect

verb
  • To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. 

  • To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight. 

scant

verb
  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

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. 

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

  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

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