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to stint in food

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  • stint — stint1 [stınt] n [C usually singular] a period of time spent doing a particular job or activity stint in/at ▪ Mark did a two year stint in the army. stint as ▪ his stint as chairman stint 2 stint2 v [I,T usually in negatives] [: Old English;… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stint — I [[t]stɪnt[/t]] v. i. 1) to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: to stint on food[/ex] 2) archaic to cease action; desist 3) to limit to a certain amount, number, etc., often unduly 4) archaic to bring to an end; check 5) cvb a period of… …   From formal English to slang

  • stint — stint1 stintedly, adv. stintedness, n. stinter, n. stintingly, adv. stintless, adj. /stint/, v.i. 1. to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don t stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money …   Universalium

  • stint´less — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …   Useful english dictionary

  • stint´ing|ly — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …   Useful english dictionary

  • stint´er — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on …   Useful english dictionary

  • stint — v. & n. v.tr. 1 supply (food or aid etc.) in a niggardly amount or grudgingly. 2 (often refl.) supply (a person etc.) in this way. n. 1 a limitation of supply or effort (without stint). 2 a fixed or allotted amount of work (do one s stint). 3 a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • stint — Sanderling San der*ling, n. [Sand + ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stint — 1. verb we saved by stinting on food Syn: skimp on, scrimp on, be economical with, economize on, be sparing with, hold back on, be frugal with; be mean with, be parsimonious with; limit, restrict; informal be stingy with, be mingy with, be tight… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Temminck's Stint — Taxobox name = Temminck s Stint status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49079|title=Calidris temminckii|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this… …   Wikipedia

  • Little Stint — Taxobox name = Little Stint status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49077|title=Calidris minuta|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species… …   Wikipedia

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