Definizione monolingua

meek

meek (third-person singular simple present meeks, present participle meeking, simple past and past participle meeked)

1. (US) (of horses) To tame; to break.

meek (comparative meeker, superlative meekest)

1. Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
   • 1848: Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son

     Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else...

   • ""Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"" (Matthew 5:5)
2. Submissive, despirited, or of broken will.
   • 1920: Sinclair Lewis, Main Street [1]

     What if they were wolves instead of lambs? Theyd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten.

Definizione dizionario meek

docile

mansueto

mite

sottomesso

umile

Altri significati:

subdued (colour or light) (color)

submissive, despirited, or of broken will

humble, modest, or self-effacing

Submissive, despirited, or of broken will.

(US) (of horses) To tame; to break.

Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.