Alternativa stavningar
- (commonwealth engelska) meager
Synonymer
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.
Adjektiv
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
Verb
- (transitive) To make lean.
Exempel
- Among more valuable species some of them are worth mentioning, especially littoral forms as: meagres and other croakers (Sciaenidae), grunters (Pomadasyidae), threadfins (Polynemidae), groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae)[...].
- It is striking that these represent meagres , a species never mentioned in classical texts.
- Meagres (Argyrosomus regius, 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.
- Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
- He was given meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.
- [...]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
- His education had been but meagre.
- 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.
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | meagred | Imperfekt | meagred |
| Presensparticip | meagring | Plural | meagres |
| Komparativ | meagrer | Superlativ | meagrest |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | meagres |