Example sentences from the Web for meagre

My father holds His meagre millions guarded, nursing them To a prince's portion.
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays|Olive Tilford Dargan
They are friable in the hand, meagre to the touch, and difficultly form a paste with water.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
He learnt to eke out his meagre supplies by living on the wild game of the country, the native flour, bananas and mangoes.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign|Robert Valentine Dolbey
It is well known that these are eaten raw; but after so many labors, so various and so rude, the pittance was meagre.
Sea Stories|Various

Altogether, with meagre material the Eskimo show great skill in the manufacture of their weapons.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various

meagre

US meager

/ (ˈmiːɡə) /

adjective

deficient in amount, quality, or extent

thin or emaciated

lacking in richness or strength

Derived forms of meagre

meagrely or US meagerly, adverbmeagreness or US meagerness, noun

Word Origin for meagre

C14: from Old French maigre, from Latin macer lean, poor

Words nearby meagre

meadowsweet, meadow vole, Meads, Meadville, meager, meagre, meal, mealie, mealie meal, mealie pap, mealies

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	meagre
释义	Example sentences from the Web for meagre My father holds His meagre millions guarded, nursing them To a prince's portion. The Mortal Gods and Other Plays\|Olive Tilford Dargan They are friable in the hand, meagre to the touch, and difficultly form a paste with water. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure He learnt to eke out his meagre supplies by living on the wild game of the country, the native flour, bananas and mangoes. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign\|Robert Valentine Dolbey It is well known that these are eaten raw; but after so many labors, so various and so rude, the pittance was meagre. Sea Stories\|Various Altogether, with meagre material the Eskimo show great skill in the manufacture of their weapons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7\|Various meagre US meager / (ˈmiːɡə) / adjective deficient in amount, quality, or extent thin or emaciated lacking in richness or strength Derived forms of meagre meagrely or US meagerly, adverbmeagreness or US meagerness, noun Word Origin for meagre C14: from Old French maigre, from Latin macer lean, poor Words nearby meagre meadowsweet, meadow vole, Meads, Meadville, meager, meagre, meal, mealie, mealie meal, mealie pap, mealies Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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