emaciate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. cause to grow thin or weak
- The treatment emaciated him
• Syn:
waste, macerate
• Derivationally related forms:
maceration (for: macerate), emaciation, wastage (for: waste), wasting (for: waste)
• Hypernyms:
enfeeble, debilitate, drain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
2. grow weak and thin or waste away physically
- She emaciated during the chemotherapy
• Derivationally related forms:
emaciation
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  waste, macerate