verb

1. To make lean.

adjective

1. Having little flesh; lean; thin.

2. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

   “A meager piece of cake in one bite.”

3. Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

Synonyms: inadequate, measly, paltry, scanty