Found 3 items, similar to emaciate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: emaciate kurus kering
English → English (WordNet) Definition: emaciate emaciate v 1: cause to grow thin or weak; “The treatment emaciated him” [syn: waste, macerate] 2: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; “She emaciated during the chemotherapy”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Emaciate Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. “He emaciated and pined away.” --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. [1913 Webster] Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]