not to stint

  • 1stint on — ˈstint on [present tense I/you/we/they stint on he/she/it stints on present participle stinting on past tense stinted on past participle …

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  • 2Stint — Stint, v. i. To stop; to cease. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] They can not stint till no thing be left. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And stint thou too, I pray thee. Shak. [1913 Webster] The damsel stinted in her song. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Stint — 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… …

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  • 4Stint — 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 =… …

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  • 5stint — 1 noun (countable usually singular) 1 a limited or fixed period of work or effort (+ as): the beginning of her stint as waitress | do a stint: Mark did a two year stint in the army. | do your stint (=do some work that other people also have to do …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6stint — stint1 [ stınt ] noun count a period of time spent doing something: He came to California after a brief stint as a waiter in New York. stint stint 2 [ stınt ] verb stint on phrasal verb not stint on something INFORMAL to use enough, or more than… …

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  • 7stint 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… …

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  • 8stint — 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 > …

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  • 9stint — Limit; restriction. An allotment. Blackstone says that a right of common of pasture which has not been admeasured is erroneously called a common without stint. See 3 Bl Comm 239 …

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  • 10Temminck'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&#8230; …

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