nnoun.timean unbroken period of time during which you do somethingSynset:stretch
Examples:- there were stretches of boredom
- he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
Hypernyms:continuance duration
Inherited Hypernyms:stretchdurationtime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.animalsmallest American sandpiperSynset:Erolia minutilla least sandpiper
Member Holonyms:Erolia genus Erolia
Hypernyms:sandpiper
Inherited Hypernyms:least sandpipersandpipershorebirdwading birdaquatic birdbirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.actan individual's prescribed share of workExamples:- her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
Hypernyms:chore job task
Inherited Hypernyms:stintjobdutyworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.possessionsubsist on a meager allowanceSynset:scrimp skimp
Derivationally Related Form:stinter
Hypernyms:save
Inherited Hypernyms:scrimpsave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s on something
vverb.possessionsupply sparingly and with restricted quantitiesSynset:scant skimp
Derivationally Related Form:stinter
Hypernyms:furnish provide render supply
Inherited Hypernyms:stintsupplygivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s