mager — meaning in English

English meaning

• lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
• magus noun A magician or sorcerer, sometimes used disapprovingly to mean a fraud or trickster.
• meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
• scrawny adj Unattractively thin, often to the point of looking undernourished.
• skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
• thin adj Having little distance between opposite surfaces; not thick.

Senses

mager is used for these senses in English:

• lean (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
• lean (of meat) Having little fat.
• magus (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.
• scrawny Thin, malnourished, and weak.
• skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
• thin Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

lean — full definition

1. verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
2. verb To favor or tend toward a particular opinion, choice, or direction.
3. adjective Having little or no fat; thin and fit.
4. adjective Having very little of something, especially money or resources; scarce.

magus — full definition

1. noun A magician or sorcerer, sometimes used disapprovingly to mean a fraud or trickster.
2. noun A priest of the ancient Zoroastrian religion.

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