Synonyms of the word emaciate


EMACIATEDEBILITATE - DRAIN - ENFEEBLE - MACERATE - TURN - WASTE

emaciate

  • v. (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
  • v. (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.

debilitate

  • v. To make feeble; to weaken.

drain

  • n. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
  • n. (chiefly Britain) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage)…
  • n. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
  • n. (vulgar) An act of urination.
  • n. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  • n. (pinball) An outhole.
  • v. (intransitive) To lose liquid.
  • v. (intransitive) To flow gradually.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
  • v. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
  • v. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
  • v. (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

enfeeble

  • v. (transitive) To make feeble.

macerate

  • v. To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.
  • v. (obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
  • v. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
  • n. A macerated substance.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

waste

  • n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  • n. Excrement or urine.
  • n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  • n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  • n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
  • n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays…
  • n. A vast expanse of water.
  • n. A disused mine or part of one.
  • n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
  • n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
  • n. Gradual loss or decay.
  • n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
  • n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
  • n. (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the…
  • n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the…
  • adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  • adj. Barren; desert.
  • adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  • adj. Superfluous; needless.
  • adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  • adj. Unfortunate; disappointing.
  • v. (transitive) to devastate, destroy.
  • v. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
  • v. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to…
  • v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  • v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  • v. (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences,…

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