( v. t. )
To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
( v. t. )
To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012