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slim
[ slim ]
adjective
- slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
Synonyms: thin
Antonyms: fat
- poor or inferior:
a slim chance; a slim excuse.
- small or inconsiderable; meager; scanty:
a slim income.
Synonyms: paltry, trivial, trifling, insignificant
Antonyms: abundant, considerable
- sized for the thinner than average person.
verb (used with object)
- to make slim.
verb (used without object)
- to become slim.
- Chiefly British. to try to become more slender, especially by dieting.
noun
- a garment size meant for a thin person.
verb phrase
- to lose weight, especially intentionally.
- (of a business) to reduce operating expenses; economize.
slim
1/ slɪm /
adjective
- small in width relative to height or length
- small in amount or quality
slim chances of success
verb
- to make or become slim, esp by diets and exercise
- to reduce or decrease or cause to be reduced or decreased
Slim
2/ slɪm /
noun
- the E African name for AIDS
Slim
3/ slɪm /
noun
- SlimWilliam Joseph, 1st Viscount18911970MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman William Joseph , 1st Viscount. 1891–1970, British field marshal, who commanded (1943–45) the 14th Army in the reconquest of Burma (now called Myanmar) from the Japanese; governor general of Australia (1953–60)
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Derived Forms
- ˈslimly, adverb
- ˈslimmer, noun
- ˈslimness, noun
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Other Words From
- slimly adverb
- slimness noun
- un·slim adjective
- un·slimly adverb
- un·slimness noun
- un·slimmed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slim1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slim1
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Example Sentences
He was one of living symbols of “White Ribbon Revolution” of 2012, always in black, slim, shaved, almost a monk.
Slim turned Bush down, and Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, just weeks before the presidential election.
It was slim, about “fifty to sixty pages,” according to Bradlee, and mostly concerned with her paintings.
For months, first term Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan has managed to cling to slim lead that has defied national factors.
Stangneth probes his affairs in Argentina, including with Ingrid von Ihne, “tall, blond, and slim, with a cold beauty.”
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.
One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.
Bedded in the soft earth underneath lay the slim buckskin sacks.
Outen the side door of the porch next me come a slim, little figger in white.
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