Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
slender, slight, slim, svelte
(adjective) being of delicate or slender build; “she was slender as a willow shoot is slender”- Frank Norris; “a slim girl with straight blonde hair”; “watched her slight figure cross the street”
slender, slim
(adjective) small in quantity; “slender wages”; “a slim chance of winning”; “a small surplus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slimmer
comparative form of slim
slimmer (plural slimmers)
A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
• limmers
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
4 November 2024
(noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); “economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.