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  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 Asia. Called
     also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
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  Stint \Stint\, v. i.
     To stop; to cease. [Archaic]
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           They can not stint till no thing be left. --Chaucer.
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           And stint thou too, I pray thee.         --Shak.
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           The damsel stinted in her song.          --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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  Stint \Stint\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the
         sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little
         stint of India ({Tringa minuta), etc. Called also
         pume.
     (b) A phalarope.
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  Stint \Stint\, n. [Also written stent. See Stint, v. t.]
     1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
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              God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint
              of his power.                         --South.
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     2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
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              His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year.
                                                    --Cowper.
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  Stint \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 to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
     1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
        to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
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              I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of
              the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the
              production of weeds.                  --Woodward.
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              She stints them in their meals.       --Law.
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     2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
        upon the performance of which one is excused from further
        labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
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     4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
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              The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
              while at work.                        --J. H. Walsh.
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  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 Asia. Called
     also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.

  Stint \Stint\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the
         sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little
         stint of India ({Tringa minuta), etc. Called also
         pume.
     (b) A phalarope.

  Stint \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 to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
     1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;
        to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
  
              I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of
              the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the
              production of weeds.                  --Woodward.
  
              She stints them in their meals.       --Law.
  
     2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),
        upon the performance of which one is excused from further
        labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
  
     4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
  
              The majority of maiden mares will become stinted
              while at work.                        --J. H. Walsh.

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

  Stint \Stint\, n. [Also written stent. See Stint, v. t.]
     1. Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
  
              God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint
              of his power.                         --South.
  
     2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
  
              His old stint -- three thousand pounds a year.
                                                    --Cowper.

  stint
       n 1: an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
            "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in
            the federal penitentiary" [syn: stretch]
       2: smallest American sandpiper [syn: least sandpiper, Erolia
          minutilla]
       3: an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a
          lifeguard exhausted her"
       v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn: scrimp,
             skimp]
       2: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
          the allowance" [syn: skimp, scant]

  stint
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 χρονική περίοδος κατά την οποία κάποιος έχει μια ιδιότητα ή
  ασχολείται με κάτι, θητεία
     2 όριο
     3 περιορισμός

  stint
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv stinn  indef n s)
     Swedish adv.
     repletely, bulgingly

  stint
     n.
     1 A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
     2 limit; bound; restraint; extent.
     3 quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
     2 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a
  subject).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
     4 (lb en transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to
  restrict to a scant allowance.
     n.
     Any of several very small wading birds in the genus (m mul Calidris).
  Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
     n.
     (misspelling of en stent nodot=1) (gloss: medical device).

  stint
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv stinn  indef n s)
     Swedish adv.
     repletely, bulgingly

  stint
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv stinn  indef n s)
     Swedish adv.
     repletely, bulgingly

  stint
     Englanti n.
     (tarkkaan määritetty) työjakso, ajanjakso, jakso
     Englanti vb.
     pihistellä, pihdata, kitsastella; kursailla

  stint
     Engelska vb.
     snåla, spara på

  stint
     a.
     (böjning sv adj stinn)
     adv.
     1 (avledning sv stinn adj); spänt, styvt
     2 storögt, med uppspärrade ögon
     n.
     (tagg: dialektalt) småfisk

  Stint /ʃtˈɪnt/ 
  smelt 

  Stint /stˈɪnt/
  المهمّة

  stint //stɪnt// 
  малък брегобегач
  wading bird of the genus Calidris

  stint //stɪnt// 
  свиди ми се, скъпя се
  to be sparing or mean

  stint /stˈɪnt/ 
  škudlit

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  stáž

  stint /stˈɪnt/ 
  omezit

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  Arbeit , Aufgabe 

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  Pensum 
        "do one's daily stint"  - sein tägliches Pensum erledigen

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  Strandläufer  [ornith.]

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  kurze berufliche Tätigkeit , kurze Dienstzeit , beruflicher Ausflug , beruflicher Abstecher , Gastspiel  [humor.]
        "His carrier included stints as postman and amateur actor."  - Beruflich war er auch zeitweise als Briefzusteller und Laiendarsteller tätig.

  stint /stˈɪnt/ 
  knausern 
     Synonym: screw
  
   see: screwing, stinting, screwed, stinted
  

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  Amtszeit , Amtsperiode 

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  
  τσιγκουνεύομαι

  stint //stɪnt// 
  1. aika, jakso, kausi
  a period of time spent doing or being something
  2. sirri
  wading bird of the genus Calidris

  stint //stɪnt// 
  1. nuukailla, pihistellä, pihtailla, säästää
  to be sparing or mean
  2. lopettaa, vaieta
  to stop speaking or talking
  3. lopettaa
  to stop, cease, desist

  stint /stˈɪnt/ 
  1. काम करने का समय
        "My mother had a two-year stint as a principal in a school."

  stint /stˈɪnt/ 
  1. कंजूसी करना
        "You shouldn't stint on giving money to the beggar."

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  ograničenje, ograničiti

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  1. havasi partfutó
  2. meghatározott munkafeladat
  3. mennyiség
  4. elôírt munkafeladat
  5. korlátozás
  6. megszorítás
  7. elôírt munkaadag
  8. adag
  9. korlát

  stint /stɪnt/ 
    okres

  stint /stˈɪnt/
  1. kayıt koymak, bağlamak, şarta bağlamak
  2. dar tutmak, masrafı kısmak
  3. belirli bir iş yaptırmak
  4. cimrilik etmek
  5. had, sınır
  6. iş, görev. stintedly  sınırlı olarak, mahdut surette. stintingly  sınırlayarak, tahdit ederek .

  
/ˈstɪnt/

  
/stɪnːt/

  STINT, Eng. law. The proportionable part of a man's cattle, which he may 
  keep upon the common. 
       2. To use a thing without stint, is to use it without limit. 
  
  

  161 Moby Thesaurus words for "stint":
     allotment, amount, anchor watch, apportionment, assignment,
     begrudge, bit, bound, bout, box, box in, box up, busywork, caliber,
     chare, charge, check, chore, circumscribe, circumscription,
     commission, compass, condition, confine, confinement, constraint,
     contain, control, copyright, cramp, cramping, curb, cut,
     cut corners, day shift, degree, devoir, discipline, dogwatch,
     draw the line, duty, economize, errand, exercise, extent, famish,
     fish to fry, full time, go, grade, graveyard shift, grudge,
     half time, hedge about, height, hem, hem in, homework, interval,
     job, job of work, keep from spreading, keep within bounds, labor,
     leap, level, limit, limitation, live upon nothing, lobster trick,
     localize, make-work, mark, matters in hand, measure, mission,
     moderate, narrow, night shift, notch, nuance, obligation, odd job,
     overtime, part time, participation, pas, patent, peg, period,
     piece of work, pinch, pinch pennies, pitch, plane, plateau, point,
     project, proportion, qualification, qualify, quantity, quota,
     range, ratio, reach, register, relay, remove, reservation,
     responsibility, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, round,
     routine, rung, scale, scamp, scant, scope, scrape, screw, scrimp,
     service, shade, shadow, share, shift, short, skimp, space, spare,
     specialize, split schedule, split shift, stair, standard, starve,
     step, straiten, stretch, stricture, sunrise watch, swing shift,
     task, term, things to do, tighten, time, tour, tour of duty, tread,
     trick, turn, turn of work, watch, withhold, work, work shift
  
  

  v. 节省,限制,停止;
  n. 舍不得化,节约,限制;

     vt. 节省,限制,停止
     vi. 节约
     n. 吝惜,节约,限制