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1 לחם לחץ
meager rations, short commons -
2 לחם צר
meager rations, short commons -
3 לחם צר ומים לחץ
meager rations, short commons -
4 משכורת-רעב
meager salary -
5 תקציב דל
meager budget, very small budget -
6 דל
adj. poor, miserable, meager, humble, frugal, mean, scrimpy, shabby, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparing; wretched, beggarly, indigent; lean, slender, slim, jejune, weedy————————v. be drawn with a pail; extracted (inform.)————————v. to draw water; to elicit, extract (inform.)————————door, opening -
7 זעום
adj. tiny, very small, meager, measly, negligible, scanty, marginal, fractional, insignificant, nominal, scant, shoestring, slender, slight, slim, spare, sparing, sparse; angry; reproached -
8 כחוש
adj. lean, thin, haggard, gaunt, lank, lanky, marantic, marasmic, marasmoid, meager, reduced, scrawny, skinny, spare, weedy, bony -
9 עלוב
adj. wretched, poor, miserable, measly, meager, shabby, pitiable, sorry, humble, mean, scrubby, seedy, sordid, squalid, woeful; worthless -
10 קב חרובין
poor meal, short commons, meager diet
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meager — meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, scrimpy, exiguous, spare, sparse are comparable when they mean so small (as in amount, number, or size) as to fall short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. Meager stresses thinness: as applied to persons or … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Meager — Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager were his … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meager — or Meagre (see American and British English spelling differences) can refer to: Meagre set (also meager set) in mathematics Mount Meager (also Mount Meagre, Mount Meagher) in British Columbia, Canada Meager Creek, a creek in British Columbia,… … Wikipedia
meager — [mē′gər] adj. [ME megre < OFr megre (Fr maigre) < L macer, lean, thin < IE * makro < base * māk , long and thin > Gr makros, long, OE mæger, meager] 1. thin; lean; emaciated 2. of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich;… … English World dictionary
meager — [adj1] small, inadequate; poor bare, barren, deficient, exiguous, flimsy, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufficient, little, mere, minimum, miserable, paltry, puny, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp … New thesaurus
Meager — Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, v. t. To make lean. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meager — index de minimus, deficient, inappreciable, inconsiderable, insufficient, marginal, mediocre, minimal … Law dictionary
meager — (adj.) late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), lean, thin, emaciated (of persons or animals), from O.Fr. megre, maigre thin (12c.), from L. macrum (nom. macer) lean, thin (source of Sp., Port., It. magro), from PIE *makro (see MACRO (Cf. macro )). Of … Etymology dictionary
meager — or meagre adjective Etymology: Middle English megre, from Anglo French megre, meigre, from Latin macr , macer lean; akin to Old English mæger lean, Greek makros long Date: 14th century 1. having little flesh ; thin 2. a. lacking desirable… … New Collegiate Dictionary
meager — meagerly, adv. meagerness, n. /mee geuhr/, adj. 1. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. 2. having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.… … Universalium
meager — adjective 1) their meager earnings Syn: inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, deficient, negligible, skimpy, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny … Thesaurus of popular words