meagre

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

   “It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius), a species never mentioned in classical texts.”

2. sıfat Having little flesh; lean; thin.

   “[…]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:”

3. sıfat Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

   “Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.”

4. sıfat Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
5. sıfat Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
6. fiil To make lean.

   “I am meagred to a skeleton; my nose is broiled to flaming heat, and I am suffering the greatest inconvenience from the loss of my baggage which I fear the enemy have taken with my servant at Konigsberg.”