SLIM (slimmer, slimmest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does slim mean?
• SLIM (adjective)
The adjective SLIM has 2 senses:
1. being of delicate or slender build
2. small in quantity
Familiarity information: SLIM used as an adjective is rare.
• SLIM (verb)
The verb SLIM has 1 sense:
1. take off weight
Familiarity information: SLIM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SLIM (adjective)
Meaning:
Being of delicate or slender build
Synonyms:
slender; slim; slight; svelte
Context examples:
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender / a slim girl with straight blonde hair / watched her slight figure cross the street
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Meaning:
Small in quantity
Synonyms:
slim; slender
Context examples:
slender wages / a slim chance of winning / a small surplus
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
• SLIM (verb)
Meaning:
Take off weight
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
lose weight; melt off; slim; slim down; slenderize; thin; reduce
Hypernyms (to "slim" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slim"):
sweat off (lose weight by sweating)
Sentence frame:
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