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stunting (encz) | stunting, n: |
Stunting (gcide) | Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stunting.] [See Stint.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the
growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt
a plant.
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When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a
nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies,
the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke.
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stunting (wn) | stunting
n 1: the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
[syn: acrobatics, aerobatics, stunting, {stunt
flying}] |
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Stunting (gcide) | Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stunting.] [See Stint.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the
growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt
a plant.
[1913 Webster]
When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a
nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies,
the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke.
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