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English Dictionary: meagre	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for meagre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meagre adj deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" Synonym(s): meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy Antonym(s): ample
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t. To make lean. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European sci[91]noid fish ({Sci[91]na umbra} or {S. aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also {maigre}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. [?] long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak. 2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. [bd]Meager soil.[b8] --Dryden. Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I. Taylor. His education had been but meager. --Motley. 3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren.