Found 3 items, similar to Meagre.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: meagre amat kecil, amat kurang, kurus
English → English (WordNet) Definition: meagre meagre adj : deficient in amount or quality or extent; “meager resources”; “meager fare” [syn: meager, meagerly] [ant: ample]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Meagre Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t. To make lean. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. 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; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous] [Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower terms: measly, miserable, paltry] “Meager soil.” --Dryden. Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty. [1913 Webster] Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] His education had been but meager. --Motley. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. [1913 Webster] 4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping. [WordNet 1.5] Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren. [1913 Webster] Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.) A large European sci[ae]noid fish (Sci[ae]na umbra or Sci[ae]na aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maigre.] [1913 Webster]