emaciate
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/ɪˈmeʃiˌet/
🇬🇧
/ɪ'meɪʃɪeɪt/
verb
R
To become very thin, often due to sickness, lack of food, or stress.
After a long illness, she had emaciated to the point of looking skeletal.
R
To make someone or something very thin by causing them to lose weight or flesh quickly.
The famine emaciated the population, showing the harsh reality of hunger.
translation
To become very thin, often due to sickness, lack of food, or stress.; To make someone or something very thin by causing them to lose weight or flesh quickly.
Word Forms
Perfect
emaciated
Progressive
emaciating
3rd Present
emaciates
Past
emaciated