meager
mea·ger
meager · meagers · meagered · meagering
To make leanTo make lean.
UK/ˈmiːɡə/US/ˈmiɡɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(Canada, US, common)To make lean.
Origin
From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, fFrom Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean”), West Frisian meager (“meager”), Dutch mager (“meager”), German mager, Old Norse magr whence the Icelandic magur,
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Forms
meagers, meagering, meagered, meageredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.