meek /miːk/adjective 2verb 1forms 5 adjective2 •Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth. — 1611 •Submissive, dispirited, cowed.What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten. — 1920 verb1 •(US) To tame; to break (a horse) formsmeeked · meeking · meeks · meeker · meekest