- food is scarce
- there is a shortage of food
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
food is scarce
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scarce — [[t]ske͟ə(r)s[/t]] scarcer, scarcest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If something is scarce, there is not enough of it. Food was scarce and expensive... Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce. ...the allocation of scarce resources. 2) PHRASE: V… … English dictionary
scarce — adjective 1) food was scarce scarce financial resources Syn: in short supply, scant, scanty, meager, sparse, short, hard to find, hard to come by, too little, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting; a … Thesaurus of popular words
scarce — adjective 1) food was scarce Syn: in short supply, scant, meagre, sparse, hard to come by 2) wading birds are now scarce Syn: rare, few and far between, thin on the ground • Ant … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
scarce — 01. Food in the area is [scarce], and the United Nations is pleading for aid. 02. Full time, permanent jobs are increasingly [scarce] these days as companies hire more and more people on contract. 03. Money is [scarce], and the government is… … Grammatical examples in English
scarce — scarce1 [skeəs US skers] adj comparative scarcer superlative scarcest [Date: 1200 1300; : Old North French; Origin: escars, from Vulgar Latin excarpsus pulled out , from Latin excerpere; EXCERPT] 1.) if something is scarce, there is not very much … Dictionary of contemporary English
Scarce Swallowtail — Taxobox name = Scarce Swallowtail image width = 300px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera subordo = Ditrysia familia = Papilionidae subfamilia = Papilioninae genus = Iphiclides species = I. podalirius… … Wikipedia
scarce — 1 adjective 1 if food, clothing, water etc is scarce, there is not enough of it available: Fruit was always scarce in winter, and cost a lot. see rare 2 make yourself scarce informal to leave a place, especially in order to avoid an unpleasant… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
FOOD — The Biblical Period Diet in Ereẓ Israel during the biblical period was dependent mostly on the food supply of the closed agricultural economy. Most agricultural produce came from permanent settlements, and some wild plants were gathered, while… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
scarce — adj. & adv. adj. 1 (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty. 2 hard to find; rare. adv. archaic or literary scarcely. Phrases and idioms: make oneself scarce colloq. keep out of the way; surreptitiously… … Useful english dictionary
Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… … Universalium
