Definition of "emaciating" []

• Present participle of emaciate. (verb)

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• "All those terrible yellow toxins, wizening his knees, slackening his tendons, emaciating his calves."
• "The image of former VP Mohammad Ali, stripped of robe and turban and the right to be tried by fellow clerics, looking dazed and emaciating as he falteringly reads a confession about bizarre plots -- recalls Stalin's original conspiratorial show trials."
• "Your advertisers saw your terrific ratings that spanned across the board -- your demo being virtually every demo -- so they hawked everything from Viagra to gaming and condoms to candy bars during your time slot; those ratings were due partly to the Sci-Fi Channel's smartly treating you like its golden child, not emaciating your following by constantly changing your air time (did someone say, "Fascape"?)."