Verb: emaciate i'mey-shee,eyt or i'mey-see,eyt
- Grow weak and thin or waste away physically
"She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
- Cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him";
- waste, macerate
Derived forms: emaciated, emaciates, emaciating
Type of: change state, debilitate, drain, enfeeble, turn
Encyclopedia: Emaciate