slender, slight, slim, svelte
(adjective) being of delicate or slender build; âshe was slender as a willow shoot is slenderâ- Frank Norris; âa slim girl with straight blonde hairâ; âwatched her slight figure cross the streetâ
slender, slim
(adjective) small in quantity; âslender wagesâ; âa slim chance of winningâ; âa small surplusâ
reduce, melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
(verb) take off weight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
SLiM (plural SLiMs)
(biochemistry) Acronym of short linear motif.
• MILs, MLIS, MSIL, SMIL, mils, misl
Slim (plural Slims)
A surname.
A male given name.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Slim is the 27845th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 862 individuals. Slim is most common among null (61.48%) and White (26.45%) individuals.
• MILs, MLIS, MSIL, SMIL, mils, misl
slim (comparative slimmer, )
Slender, thin.
(of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
(by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
(of an object) Long and narrow.
(of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
(rural, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
(South Africa, obsolete in UK) Sly, crafty.
• (slender in an attractive way.): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also slender
• (clothing)
• (long and narrow): fine, stalky, sticklike, thin, virgate
• (reduced workforce)
• (tiny; of something abstract): infinitesimal, marginal; see also tiny
• (of questionable quality): flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also low-quality
• (crafty): cunning, frood; see also wily
slim (plural slims)
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
(Ireland, regional) A potato farl.
(East Africa, uncountable) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
(slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
slim (third-person singular simple present slims, present participle slimming, simple past and past participle slimmed)
(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
(transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
• MILs, MLIS, MSIL, SMIL, mils, misl
Source: Wiktionary
Slim, a. [Compar. Slimmer; superl. Slimmest.] Etym: [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.]
1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. "That was a slim excuse." Barrow.
3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red â indicating ripeness â they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
