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1 extenuar
v.1 to exhaust completely, to drain.2 to weaken, to drain, to exhaust, to debilitate.* * *1 (agotar) to exhaust2 (debilitar) to weaken1 (agotarse) to exhaust oneself, wear oneself out* * *1.VT (=cansar) to exhaust; (=debilitar) to emaciate, weaken2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to exhaust, tire... out2.extenuarse v pron to exhaust oneself, tire oneself out* * *= emaciate, exhaust, weaken.Ex. As European diseases, eg, dysentery & tuberculosis, began to emaciate the native peoples of the Americas, social spaces were opened up into which Europeans & their African slaves transplanted themselves.Ex. The potential areas of application of PRECIS are far from being exhausted.Ex. The gangplank can be thrown across without weakening the chain of command.* * *1.verbo transitivo to exhaust, tire... out2.extenuarse v pron to exhaust oneself, tire oneself out* * *= emaciate, exhaust, weaken.Ex: As European diseases, eg, dysentery & tuberculosis, began to emaciate the native peoples of the Americas, social spaces were opened up into which Europeans & their African slaves transplanted themselves.
Ex: The potential areas of application of PRECIS are far from being exhausted.Ex: The gangplank can be thrown across without weakening the chain of command.* * *vt‹persona› to exhaust, tire … outto exhaust oneself, tire oneself out* * *
extenuar verbo transitivo to exhaust
* * *♦ vtto exhaust completely, to drain* * *v/t exhaust, tire out* * *extenuar {3} vt: to exhaust, to tire out -
2 demacrarse
pron.v.to become emaciated, to languish, to emaciate, to waste away.* * *1 to waste away, become emaciated* * ** * *verbo pronominal to become haggard o drawn* * *verbo pronominal to become haggard o drawn* * *demacrarse [A1 ]to become haggard o drawn* * *vprto become gaunt o haggard* * *v/r waste away -
3 enflaquecer
v.1 to make thin.2 to grow thin, to lose weight.3 to get thin, to thin, to lose weight, to slim.* * *1 (poner flaco) to make thin2 figurado (debilitar) to weaken1 (adelgazar) to lose weight, get thin1 (adelgazar) to lose weight, grow thin* * *1.VT (=adelgazar) to make thin; (=debilitar) to weaken, sap the strength of2.VISee:* * *verbo intransitivo to lose weight, get thin* * *verbo intransitivo to lose weight, get thin* * *enflaquecer [E3 ]vito lose weight, get thin* * *♦ vtto make thin♦ vito grow thin, to lose weight* * *I v/t cause to lose weightII v/i lose weight* * *enflaquecer {53} vi: to lose weight, to become thinenflaquecer vt: to emaciate -
4 descarnar
v.1 to excarnate, to clear from flesh.2 to take away part of a thing.Descarnar los pellejos among curriers, to scrape hides or skins with the drawing-knife3 to remove one from earthly things.4 to lose flesh, emaciate.5 to destroy, undermine a spot of ground (mar). (Nautical)6 to become uncovered (tierras, playas).7 to prune too severely.8 to strip the flesh from, to strip to the bone, to bare to the bone, to remove the flesh from.9 to abrade.* * *1 (quitar la carne) to strip the flesh from2 (poner al descubierto) to lay bare* * *1. VT1) [+ hueso] to remove the flesh from; [+ piel] to scrape the flesh from2) (=desgastar) to eat away, corrode, wear down2.See:* * *descarnar [A1 ]vtto remove the flesh from* * *descarnar vt1. [hueso, piel] to scrape the flesh from2. [desmoronar] to eat away -
5 adelgazarse en extremo
• become emaciated• become extremely thin• emaciate -
6 demacrarse
• become emaciated• emaciate• languidly• languishing
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Emaciate — E*ma ci*ate, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. Emaciate steeds. T. Warton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emaciate — index decrease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
emaciate — (v.) 1620s (implied in emaciating), from L. emaciatus, pp. of emaciare make lean, waste away, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + macies leanness, from macer thin (see MACRO (Cf. macro) ) … Etymology dictionary
emaciate — [ē mā′shē āt΄; ] also [ ē ā′sēāt΄; imā′shē āt΄, imā′sē āt΄] vt. emaciated, emaciating [< L emaciatus, pp. of emaciare, to make lean < e , out + macies, leanness < macer, lean < IE base * mak > OE mæger, lean] to cause to become… … English World dictionary
emaciate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e + macies leanness, from macer lean more at meager Date: 1646 intransitive verb to waste away physically transitive verb 1. to cause to lose flesh so as to become… … New Collegiate Dictionary
emaciate — /i may shee ayt /, v.t., emaciated, emaciating. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. [1640 50; < L emaciatus, wasted away, equiv. to e E + maciatus, ptp. of maciare to produce leanness (maci(es) leanness + atus… … Universalium
emaciate — verb a) To make extremely thin or wasted Anorexics ignore that sustained emaciation ends in starvation. b) To become extremely thin or wasted … Wiktionary
emaciate — ema·ci·ate i mā shē .āt vb, at·ed; at·ing vt to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin vi to waste away physically … Medical dictionary
emaciate — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, atrophy, attenuate, consume, consume away, dilute, dribble away, dry up, emacerate, macerate, parch, pine away, preshrink, rarefy, run to seed, run to waste, sear, shrink, shrivel, subtilize, thin, thin away … Moby Thesaurus