meagre
11Meagre — Adlerfisch Adlerfisch (Argyrosomus regius) Systematik Teilklasse: Echte Knochenfische (Teleostei) Ordnung …
12meagre — 1. noun /ˈmiːɡɚ/ An edible fish of the genus Argyrosomus. 2. adjective /ˈmiːɡɚ/ a) Having little flesh; lean; thin. A meagre piece of cake in one bite. b) Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; …
13meagre — adj. Meagre/meager is used with these nouns: ↑allowance, ↑belongings, ↑earnings, ↑existence, ↑income, ↑living, ↑meal, ↑pension, ↑ration, ↑resource, ↑return, ↑ …
14meagre — [14] Meagre originally meant literally ‘thin’ (it goes back via Anglo Norman megre and Old French maigre to Latin macer ‘thin’, source also of English emaciate [17]). Not until the 16th century did the modern figurative sense ‘scanty’ begin to… …
15meagre — UK [ˈmiːɡə(r)] / US [ˈmɪɡər] adjective smaller or less than you want or need a meagre food supply Derived words: meagrely adverb meagreness noun uncountable …
16meagre — [ˈmiːgə] adj smaller or less than you want or need a meagre food supply[/ex] …
17meagre — /ˈmigə / (say meeguh) adjective 1. deficient in quantity or quality, or without fullness or richness. 2. having little flesh, lean, or thin. 3. → maigre. –noun (plural meagre or meagres) 4. a long, thin fish of the genus Sciaena, sometimes found… …
18meagre — paprastasis sidabrinis kuprys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Argyrosomus regius angl. meagre rus. обыкновенный серебристый горбыль ryšiai: platesnis terminas – sidabriniai kupriai …
19meagre — [14] Meagre originally meant literally ‘thin’ (it goes back via Anglo Norman megre and Old French maigre to Latin macer ‘thin’, source also of English emaciate [17]). Not until the 16th century did the modern figurative sense ‘scanty’ begin to… …
20meagre — adj. (US meager) 1 lacking in amount or quality (a meagre salary). 2 (of literary composition, ideas, etc.) lacking fullness, unsatisfying. 3 (of a person or animal) lean, thin. Derivatives: meagrely adv. meagreness n. Etymology: ME f. AF megre,… …
