Meager

/ˈmiɡɚ/ · adjective

Meaning

Having little flesh; lean; thin..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
3. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
4. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
5. (American spelling, transitive) To make lean.

Example Sentences

A meager piece of cake in one bite.

The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.

...that begets many ugly and deformed phantasies in the braine, which being also hot and drie in the second extenuates and makes meager the body extraordinarily, ...

Nor none of thee thou pale and common drudge tween man and man: but thou, thou meager lead which rather threatnest then dost promise ought...

Making the run from Taipei to Panchiao every day to sell the gold-colored paper, he scraped together a meager livelihood.

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Word Forms

• meagerer
• meagerest
• meagre
• meagers
• meagering
• meagered

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