emaciate 音標拼音: [ɪm'eʃi
, et]
vt . 使消瘦,使憔悴
vi . 消瘦
使消瘦,使憔悴消瘦
emaciate v 1 :
cause to grow thin or weak ; "
The treatment emaciated him "
[
synonym : {
waste }, {
emaciate }, {
macerate }]
2 :
grow weak and thin or waste away physically ; "
She emaciated during the chemotherapy "
Emaciate \
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a . [
L .
emaciatus ,
p .
p .]
Emaciated . "
Emaciate steeds ." --
T .
Warton .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 become very lean ;
to waste away in flesh . "
He emaciated and pined away ." --
Sir T .
Browne .
[
1913 Webster ]
Emaciate \
E *
ma "
ci *
ate \,
v .
t .
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean ;
as ,
his sickness emaciated him .
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1913 Webster ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
emaciate ":
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 ,
thin down ,
thin out ,
waste ,
waste away ,
water ,
water down ,
weaken ,
weazen ,
wither ,
wither away ,
wizen
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EMACIATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of EMACIATE is to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin How to use emaciate in a sentence
EMACIATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com EMACIATE definition: to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh See examples of emaciate used in a sentence
EMACIATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary emaciate in American English (ɪˈmeiʃiˌeit) transitive verb Word forms: -ated, -ating to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh
Emaciate - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com To emaciate is to make someone extremely thin or very weak A serious illness can often emaciate a person, leaving them gaunt and frail
EMACIATED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary EMACIATED definition: 1 very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger: 2 very thin and weak… Learn more
Emaciate - definition of emaciate by The Free Dictionary emaciate (ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt) vb (usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin [C17: from Latin ēmaciāre to make lean, from macer thin]
emaciate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated) (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted
Emaciation - Wikipedia Emaciation can be caused by undernutrition, malaria and cholera, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases with prolonged fever, parasitic infections, many forms of cancer and their treatments, lead poisoning, and eating disorders like anorexia nervosa [2] Emaciation is widespread in least developed countries and was a major cause of death in Nazi concentration camps during World War II
emaciate, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary emaciate, v meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
EMACIATE Synonyms Antonyms - 116 words | Thesaurus. com Find 116 different ways to say EMACIATE, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus com