emaciate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'emaciate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Emaciate

[ a.]

- Emaciated.

2 . Emaciate

[ v. i.]

- To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.

3 . Emaciate

[ v. t.]

- To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

1 . emaciate

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- grow weak and thin or waste away physically

Example in sentence:

Meaning (2):
- cause to grow thin or weak

Example in sentence:

emacerate emaceration emaciated emaciating emaciation emaculate emaculation emanant emanate emanated

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