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emaciate

Syllables: e·ma·ci·ateUK/ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t//ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiˌeɪ̯t/

emaciate verb: to make extremely thin or wasted.

Verb

emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated)

  1. (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
  2. (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.

Adjective

emaciate (comparative more emaciate, superlative most emaciate)

  1. Emaciated.

emaciate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

emaciate in Hindi

emaciate; weak
पतला patlā

emaciate in Tamil

போக்கு, உறட்டு, உருக்கு

emaciate in Urdu

emaciate; weak
پتلا patlā

emaciate in Bengali

অত্যন্ত রোগা, শীর্ণ করে ফেলা
More languagesFewer languages
emaciate in Kannada
ಕಳಲು, ಸೊರಗು, ಕಱಂಗು
emaciate in Punjabi
ਪਤਲਾ patlā

Forms of emaciate

Verb
third-person singular presentemaciates
present participleemaciating
past participleemaciated
pastemaciated
Adjective
comparativemore emaciate
superlativemost emaciate

Origin of emaciate

Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).

Words formed from emaciate

Words that rhyme with emaciate

Questions about emaciate

What does emaciate mean?
Emaciate means to make extremely thin or wasted.
What is emaciate in Hindi?
Emaciate in Hindi is पतला (patlā). See Emaciate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is emaciate?
Emaciate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce emaciate?
Emaciate is pronounced /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/ (UK).
What is the past tense of emaciate?
The past tense of emaciate is emaciated.

Words near emaciate in the dictionary

  1. emacerated
  2. emacerates
  3. emacerating
  4. emaceration
  5. emacerations
  6. emaciate
  7. emaciated
  8. emaciatedness
  9. emaciates
  10. emaciating
  11. emaciation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: emaciate (page history and authors); पतला (Hindi) (page history and authors); emaciate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پتلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); emaciate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emaciate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਤਲਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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