slim
slim
Definition
slim (slim)
adjective slim′·mer, slim′·mest
- small in girth in proportion to height or length; slender
- small in amount, degree, or extent; slight; scant; meager slim pickings, a slim hope
Etymology: orig., useless, bad, weak < Du, crafty, bad, akin to Ger schlimm, bad
transitive verb, intransitive verb slimmed, slim′·ming
to make or become slim dieting to slim down
noun
a nickname for a slim or lanky person
slim′ly adverb
slim′·ness noun
slim
Synonyms
slim
Usage Examples
Object
- pill: Forget slimming pills, there is no quick fix remedy.
- tablet: Adios slimming tablets are not suitable for children under the age of 16.
- diet: The next most important thing is to eat a healthy balance of foods and stop any strict slimming diet you may be on.
- patch: To Health Monthly sells the highest quality Trim 247 slimming patches online at competitive prices.
- club: Going to my first slimming club was a first step.
- aid: For effective and safe slimming aids and slimming pills contact us or order from our website.
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 an intransitive particle
- down: The table below gives an indication of whether your waist could do with some slimming down.
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.
- look: Clothes with vertical stripes make you look slimmer too.
Browse dictionary entries near slim
- slily
- Sligo
- slightly
- slighting
- slight negligence
- slight care
- slight
- sliding scale
- sliding
- slider
