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Emaciate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make extremely thin or wasted

v. To become extremely thin or wasted.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

v. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean.

adj. Emaciated.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cause to lose flesh gradually; waste the flesh of; reduce to leanness: as, great suffering emaciates the body.

To lose flesh gradually; become lean, as by disease or pining; waste away, as flesh.

Thin; wasted; greatly reduced in flesh.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. grow weak and thin or waste away physically

v. cause to grow thin or weak

Word Usage

"For an industry that thrives on an if-it-bleeds-it-leads attitude, you have to wonder how jaded this industry is to allow someone to emaciate themselves right in public; right in front of them."

Verb Form

emaciated emaciates emaciating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

turn change state enfeeble debilitate drain

Form

emaciated emaciating emaciation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

emaciated waste thing extenuate disflesh

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

glaciate ingratiate