The meaning of Gaunt

adjective

Having angles or sharp corners.

Usage examples:

Angular chairs

adjective

Thin and bony

Usage examples:

She was tall and angular.

adjective

Of or like bone.

Usage examples:

The bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises

adjective

Very pale, thin, or bony.

Usage examples:

He was gaunt and cadaverous

adjective

Past participle of draw.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

adjective

Past participle of draw

Usage examples:

He’s not as sick as he was, but he still looks thin and drawn.

adjective

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Usage examples:

She was so emaciated she could hardly stand

adjective

(esp. of people and animals) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or not eating enough

adjective

Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

Usage examples:

She was pale and haggard

noun

A haggard hawk.

Usage examples:

They interred her remains in a corner of the cabbage haggard.

adjective

(of a person) having dark areas around the eyes and lines on the face, esp. from being tired or from suffering

Usage examples:

His face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

adjective

Someone who is hollow-cheeked has a face that is too thin.

adjective

Someone who is hollow-eyed has eyes that seem to have sunk into their face because of illness or tiredness.

adjective

(of hair) long, limp, and straight.

Usage examples:

The man had lank, brown, greasy hair

adjective

Very numerous or plentiful.

Usage examples:

Come and share our braai—we've got lank meat

adjective

Lank hair is not attractive because it is completely straight and thin

Usage examples:

His hair was lank and greasy and looked like it hadn't been washed for a month.

adjective

Having a long, square jaw with a large chin

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

Usage examples:

The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

Usage examples:

His lean, muscular body

adjective

Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

Usage examples:

Her pinched, sallow face

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

Usage examples:

She pinched his cheek

adjective

(of someone’s face) thin and anxious, or (of clothing) narrow

Usage examples:

Nora was short, with a pinched face, and wore thick glasses with wire rims., her dress was pinched …

adjective

Used to describe an animal that has little flesh on its bones so that its bones can be seen clearly

adjective

Relating to or functioning as a skeleton.

Usage examples:

The skeletal remains of aquatic organisms

adjective

Of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)

Usage examples:

Skeletal injuries

idiom

Extremely thin

Usage examples:

Your brother is just skin and bones - has he been sick?

adjective

(of a garment) tight-fitting.

Usage examples:

A skinny jumper

noun

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

adjective

Very thin

Usage examples:

She’s shorter and skinnier than me., my bike has skinny tires., get the skinny on hundreds of celeb…

adjective

Additional to what is required for ordinary use.

Usage examples:

Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun

An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.

Usage examples:

The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb

Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

Usage examples:

Spindly arms and legs

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

Usage examples:

Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

Usage examples:

The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks