SLIMMING

Adjective

slimming (comparative more slimming, superlative most slimming)

Making a person seem or become slimmer.

Antonyms

• fattening

Verb

slimming

present participle of slim

Noun

slimming (countable and uncountable, plural slimmings)

The process of making or becoming slimmer.

Source: Wiktionary


SLIM

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



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