English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "maer" kan effens verskil na gelang van die konteks waarin dit gebruik word, maar oor die algemeen verwys dit na iets wat baie dun of maer is, dikwels met min of geen oortollige vet of spiere nie. Dit kan ook gebruik word om 'n persoon te beskryf wat uiters maer of uitgeteer is, of om klere te beskryf wat styfpassend of pasvormig is. In sommige kontekste kan "maer" ook gebruik word om "minimaal" of "skaars voldoende" te beteken, soos in die frase "maer begroting."

Sentence Examples

  1. He grabbed the back and lifted it, cords standing out on his skinny arms from the weight of it.
  2. Several inches taller than me, she was also extremely skinny.
  3. The skinny man prepared to throw a looping, overhand right.
  4. Bridget had chosen a white cable-knit sweater and a pair of skinny jeans that looked modern and chic.
  5. A little skinny with a nasty old rope tied round his neck, but that was Jake, all right, coming about one hundred miles per hour straight at me.
  6. They wore skinny jeans, despite the heat, and looked like a couple of hipsters to me.
  7. I tore off my pants and quickly pulled on a pair of skinny jeans.
  8. I observe my neighbour, standing there looking sheepish in her lurid green kaftan with her skinny black legs poking out beneath.
  9. This, my uncle heard, and he gripped my hand with skinny, bruised fingers.
  10. So skinny her clothes hung on her as if she were a coat rack.