Definition of meagre Meagre
/mˈiːɡɐ/ - mea•gre
We found 12 definitions of meagre from 5 different sources.
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British English
meagre - /mˈiːɡɐ/
American English
meager - /miˈgɚ/
What does meagre mean?
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| meagre - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" | ||
| meager, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | ||
| ample affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" | ||
| insufficient, deficient of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" | ||
| minimal, minimum the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service" | ||
| scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" | ||
| adequacy, sufficiency the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" | ||
| scanty, spare, bare thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" | ||
| exiguous extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget" | ||
| hand-to-mouth providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence" | ||
| hardscrabble barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- meagre (Noun)
An edible fish, Argyrosomus regius . - meagre (Verb)
To make lean. - meagre (Adjective)
Having little flesh; lean; thin. - meagre (Adjective)
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- meagre (a.)
Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. - meagre (a.)
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. - meagre (a.)
Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. - meagre (v. t.)
To make lean. - meagre (n.)
A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
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meagre
A fish (Argyrosomus regius) of the Sciaenidae family.
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🔤- meagre, noun, singular of meagres.
- meagre, adjective.
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