meager
11meager — adjective 1) their meager earnings Syn: inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, deficient, negligible, skimpy, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny …
12meager — mea•ger [[t]ˈmi gər[/t]] adj. 1) deficient in quantity or quality; scanty: a meager salary; meager fare[/ex] 2) having little flesh; lean Also, esp. brit. mea′gre. Etymology: 1300–50; ME megre < OF maigre < L macer lean mea′ger•ly,adv.… …
13meager — adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent (Freq. 4) meager resources meager fare • Syn: ↑meagre, ↑meagerly, ↑stingy, ↑scrimpy • Ant: ↑ …
14meager — adjective /ˈmiːɡɚ/ a) Having little flesh; lean; thin. A meager piece of cake in one bite. b) Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; …
15meager — mea|ger [ migər ] adjective smaller or less than you want or need: a meager food supply ╾ mea|ger|ly adverb ╾ mea|ger|ness noun uncount …
16Meager Creek — flowing next to a hot spring pool. Mouth Lillooet River Basin countries Canada …
17meager lime, US — liesosios kalkės statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Degtos kalkės, kurias gesinant iš 1 kg kalkių gaunama mažiau kaip 2,5 dm³ tešlos. atitikmenys: angl. brown lime; gray lime; grey lime; lean lime; meager lime, US; meagre lime, GB rus. тощая… …
18meager coal, US — liesosios anglys statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Nesikoksuojančios anglys. atitikmenys: angl. dry burning coal; lean coal; meager coal, US; meagre coal, GB rus. тощий уголь …
19meager — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Lilliputian, Spartan, Tom Thumb, abstemious, angular, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, ascetic, austere, bare, bony, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, circumscribed, close, close… …
20meager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spare, scanty, sparse, poor; lean, gaunt. See insufficiency, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Thin] Syn. lank, lanky, gaunt, starved, emaciated, lean, bony, slender, slim, spare, little,… …
