stint
31stint´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 …
32Stint — NOTOC Taxobox name = Stints image width = 240px image caption = Semipalmated Sandpipers ( Calidris pusilla ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neoaves ordo = Charadriiformes subordo =… …
33stint — 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… …
34stint — n. period of service to do, serve one s stint (he did his stint as a soldier) * * * [stɪnt] serve one s stint (he did his stint as a soldier) [ period of service ] to do …
35stint on — phrasal verb Word forms stint on : present tense I/you/we/they stint on he/she/it stints on present participle stinting on past tense stinted on past participle stinted on informal not stint on something to use enough, or more than enough, of… …
36Stint — Stịnt1 〈m. 1〉 Lachsfisch der Nord u. Ostsee, der durchdringend nach frischen Gurken riecht: Osmerus eperlanus [<mnddt.] Stịnt2 〈m. 1; nddt.〉 dummer Kerl ● sich freuen wie ein Stint sich sehr u. kindlich freuen [<schwed. mundartl. stinta… …
37stint — stint1 verb [often with negative] be restrictive or ungenerous towards or in the supply of. ↘(stint on) be restrictive or frugal in acquiring or providing: he doesn t stint on wining and dining. noun 1》 an allotted period of work. 2》 limitation… …
38stint — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English styntan to blunt, dull; akin to Old Norse stuttr scant Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. archaic stop, desist 2. to be sparing or frugal < not stinting with their praise > …
39stint — 1. noun /stɪnt/ a) A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell. He had a stint in jail. b) Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling. 2 …
40stint — [[t]stɪ̱nt[/t]] stints N COUNT: with supp, oft adj N, N prep A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. He is returning to this country after a five year stint in Hong Kong …
