Definition of "meager" in English

adjective

1. Having little flesh; lean; thin.

2. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

   • A meager piece of cake in one bite.
   • The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.

3. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

4. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

verb

1. (American spelling, transitive) To make lean.