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| slim [ slim ] |
adjective (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest) |
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1. pleasingly thin: slender and well-proportioned
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2. smaller in width than height: small in width, thickness, or girth and generally long and narrow in shape
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3. small: small in degree, quality, or extent
  Hopes of their survival were slim.
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verb (3rd person present singular slims, present participle slimming, past and past participle slimmed) |
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1. intransitive verb lose weight: to lose weight, especially by dieting
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2. transitive verb reduce something in extent: to reduce the size or scope of something
slim down the bloated bureaucracy
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| [Mid-17th century. < Dutch, 'inferior, small' < Germanic] |
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| slimly adverb |
| slimmer noun |
| slimness noun |
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