Modifies a noun

• pickings: The future looks like slim coal pickings again for the pit village bright sparks.

• volume: These two slim volumes reclaim the radicalism of both writers.

• waist: He came up beside her and placed an arm about her slim waist.

• groove: Make a long step right to gain a slim groove in the arete.

• chance: There's a slim chance of a gig in London at the end of May... .

• chassis: The slim chassis and small power supply contributes to the small overall low weight of only 1.7kg.

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: And they're right in many ways, the scope of pop music has always been pretty slim.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: I will also slim down the site to focus more on the Bible aspect.

Used with adjective complement

• stay: The ' Ray ' star revealed that daily love making is the best way to stay slim.

• sponsor: Why not, for example, join our sponsored slim?

• seem: On top of this, the rewards seem very slim.

• appear: Twelve points adrift of a play-off place in the Nationwide League first division, their hopes of promotion appear slim at best.