Slim
31slim — slimly, adv. slimness, n. /slim/, adj., slimmer, slimmest, v., slimmed, slimming, n. adj. 1. slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure. 2. poor or inferior: a slim chance; a slim excuse. 3. small or inconsiderable; meager; scanty …
32slim — [[t]slɪm[/t]] adj. slim•mer, slim•mest, 1) slender, as in girth or form 2) poor or inferior; meager: a slim chance; a slim excuse[/ex] 3) clo sized for the thinner than average person 4) to make or become slim • Etymology: 1650–60; < D, LG… …
33slim — {{11}}slim (adj.) 1650s, thin, slight, slender, from Du. slim bad, sly, clever, from M.Du. slim bad, crooked, from P.Gmc. *slembaz oblique, crooked (Cf. M.H.G. slimp slanting, awry, Ger. schlimm bad ). Slimnastics first recorded 1967 (with an… …
34slim — 1 comparative slimmer superlative slimmest adjective 1 someone who is slim is attractively thin: a slim waist see thin 1 2 slim chance/hopes etc very little chance etc of getting what you want: There s a slim chance someone may have survived. 3… …
35slim — /slɪm / (say slim) adjective (slimmer, slimmest) 1. slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure. 2. poor; insufficient; meagre: a slim chance; a slim excuse. 3. small, inconsiderable, or scanty: a slim income. 4. Obsolete crafty.… …
36slim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Slim is used with these nouns as the object: ↑workforce {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become, get (informal) ▪ …
37slim — 1. adjective 1) she was tall and slim Syn: slender, lean, thin, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissome, trim, slight, slightly built Ant: plump 2) a slim silver bracelet …
38slim — 1. adjective 1) tall and slim Syn: slender, lean, thin, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissom, trim 2) a slim silver bracelet Syn: narrow, slender 3) …
39slim*/*/ — [slɪm] adj I 1) thin in an attractive way She had a slim youthful figure.[/ex] 2) very small There is still a slim chance that she may be alive.[/ex] II verb [I] British slim [slɪm] to try to lose weight by eating less • slim (sth) down …
40slim — [17] Slim is now quite an upbeat word, but that is a comparatively new departure, for historically it has been neutral if not downright derogatory. It was borrowed from Dutch slim ‘small, inferior’, which went back via Middle Dutch slim ‘slanting …
