meagre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

adj

Having little flesh; lean; thin.
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

verb

/ˈmiːɡɚ/ en-us-meagre.ogg

meagre meagres meagrer meagrest meager meagring meagred

From Middle French maigre.

salmon-basse shadefish stone basse paltry scanty inadequate

brown meagre comeagre meagrely meagreness

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