What does Meagre mean?
Definitions for Meagre
mea·gre
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Princeton's WordNet
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpyadjective
deficient in amount or quality or extent
"meager resources"; "meager fare"
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meagre
Meagre refers to something that is deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; something small, scanty, or inadequate. It can be used to describe anything from physical objects to abstract concepts, like a meagre amount of food or a meagre understanding of a topic.
Webster Dictionary
Meagreadjective
destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean
Meagreadjective
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
Meagreadjective
dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk
Meagreverb
to make lean
Meagrenoun
a large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish
Etymology: [F. maigre.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Meagre
mē′gėr, adj. having little flesh: lean: poor: without richness or fertility: barren: scanty: without strength.—adv. Mea′grely.—n. Mea′greness, state or quality of being meagre. [Fr. maigre—L. macer, lean; cf. Ger. mager.]
Anagrams for Meagre »
meager
graeme
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Meagre in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Meagre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Meagre in a Sentence
Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.
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- treutBreton
- almindelig ørnefiskDanish
- mager, AdlerfischGerman
- γλίσχροςGreek
- bocca d'oro, corvina, enjuto, exiguoSpanish
- kotkaskalaEstonian
- kotkakalaFinnish
- maigreFrench
- lomScottish Gaelic
- thanneyManx
- अल्पHindi
- soványHungarian
- esiguo, scarno, bocca d'oro, magra, magroItalian
- ಅಲ್ಪKannada
- karig, ombervis, schraal, magerDutch
- corvinaPortuguese
- обыкновенный, скудный, тощий, серебристый, худой, бедный, горбыль, недостаточныйRussian
- havsgösSwedish
- معمولیUrdu
- maigueWalloon
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