slenderize

especially British, slen·der·ise

[slen-duh-rahyz]

verb (used with object)

slenderized, slenderizing 

1. to make slender or more slender.

2. to cause to appear slender.

   dresses that slenderize the figure.

verb (used without object)

slenderized, slenderizing 

1. to become slender.

slenderize

/ ˈslɛndəˌraɪz /

verb

1. to make or become slender

Other Word Forms

• slenderization noun
• slenderizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slenderize¹

First recorded in 1920–25; slender + -ize

Example Sentences

What’s funny about that is realizing that like those injectable treatments Santos boasts about, this episode has slenderizing, surface-smoothing effects on the brain.

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Its can was briefly slenderized to better appeal to millennials; now it’s back to its regular shape.

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The darker hue was less likely to stain, and also slenderizing.

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A Matinicus Blue Rock pullover introduced at about the dawn of yacht rock was stealthily slenderized.

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At that house, which he re-christened Saint Laurent, he slenderized male formalwear, pairing slim suits with a thin sliver of a tie.

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