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SLENDERISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slenderise mean?
• SLENDERISE (verb)
The verb SLENDERISE has 1 sense:
1. make slender or appear to be slender
Familiarity information: SLENDERISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they slenderise ... he / she / it slenderises
Past simple: slenderised
Past participle: slenderised
-ing form: slenderising
... he / she / it slenderises Past simple: slenderised
Past participle: slenderised
-ing form: slenderising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make slender or appear to be slender
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slenderise; slenderize
Context example:
slenderizing skirts
Hypernyms (to "slenderise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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