Dictionary Entry
meagre
meagre is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
- 4transitive verb
To make lean.
- 5noun
A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
- 6adjective
deficient in amount or quality or extent
"meager resources"
"meager fare"
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