Both Uses
ration
in
Brian's Winter
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- He tried to ration the food out but found it impossible, and within two weeks he had eaten it all, even the package of dried prunes—something he'd hated in his old life.†
p. 5.7
- He had stretched the wolfkilled doe as far as he could, trying to ration it and eat smaller amounts, but he'd have to hunt within four or five days.†
p. 67.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(ration) a fixed share of something, especially scarce goods like food or fuel; or to limit and distribute something in fixed shares
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)