emaciate

• Veralteter Begriff, der bedeutet, starke Auszehrung oder Abmagerung zu verursachen, meist durch Hunger oder Krankheit.

An obsolete verb meaning to cause to become extremely thin or wasted, typically due to starvation or disease.

1. Cause extreme thinnessC2formalmedical

   To make someone or something abnormally thin or weak, typically due to illness or lack of food.

   Abmagern lassen

   • The prolonged illness emaciated him to the point of being bedridden.
   • Chronic malnutrition emaciates the body over time.
   • The famine emaciated the entire population of the region.

   Synonymeattenuateconsumereduceshrivelthinwastewither

   Antonymefattenfleshplumpstuff