Index of English words, starting with "me"

(1) - Meagerness (n.) Alt. of Meagreness

(1) - Meagre (n.) A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
(2) - Meagre (v. t.) To make lean.
(3) - Meagre (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
(4) - Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery.
(5) - Meagre (a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

(1) - Meagreness (n.) The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

(1) - Meal (v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
(2) - Meal (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
(3) - Meal (n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
(4) - Meal (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
(5) - Meal (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
(6) - Meal (n.) A part; a fragment; a portion.