| slovo | definícia |
meagre
(encz) | meagre,hubený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
meagre
(encz) | meagre,chudý adj: web |
meagre
(encz) | meagre,skrovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Meagre
(gcide) | Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
[1913 Webster]
Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.
Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
[1913 Webster]
Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
His education had been but meager. --Motley.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
[1913 Webster]
4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
[1913 Webster] Meager |
Meagre
(gcide) | Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
To make lean. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] |
Meagre
(gcide) | Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zool.)
A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or {Sciaena
aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a
food fish. [Written also maigre.]
[1913 Webster] |
meagre
(wn) | meagre
adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
meagre
(encz) | meagre,hubený adj: Zdeněk Brožmeagre,chudý adj: webmeagre,skrovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
meagrely
(encz) | meagrely, adv: |
meagreness
(encz) | meagreness, n: |
Meagrely
(gcide) | Meagerly \Mea"ger*ly\, Meagrely \Mea"gre*ly\, adv.
Poorly; thinly.
[1913 Webster] Meagerness |
Meagreness
(gcide) | Meagerness \Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness;
barrenness.
Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity.
[1913 Webster] |
meagre
(wn) | meagre
adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample] |
meagrely
(wn) | meagrely
adv 1: to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices
are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is
slenderly endowed with natural resources" [syn:
meagerly, sparingly, slenderly, meagrely] [ant:
amply, fully, richly] |
meagreness
(wn) | meagreness
n 1: the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that
would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn:
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness,
scantiness, scantness, exiguity] |
|