MEAGRE
meagre
Noun
- An edible fish, .
Verb
- To make lean.
Adjective
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
- Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
- a meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite
- Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk is.
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