SLIM (slimmer, slimmest)

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Irregular inflected forms: 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)

Comparative: slimmer   
Superlative: slimmest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being of delicate or slender build

Synonyms:

slender; slight; slim; svelte

Context example:

watched her slight figure cross the street

Similar:

lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

Derivation:

slimness (the property of an attractively thin person)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small in quantity

Synonyms:

slender; slim

Context example:

a small surplus

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

slimness (a small margin)

• SLIM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they slim    ... he / she / it slims   
Past simple: slimmed   
Past participle: slimmed   
-ing form: slimming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take off weight

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

melt off; reduce; slenderize; slim; slim down; thin

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:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Patients tend to have long legs and a slim, tall stature.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The flat skull and muzzle are long and slim.

(Pharaoh Hound, NCI Thesaurus)

There were five long arms growing out of its body, and it also had five long, slim legs.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

A tall, flaxen-haired, slim young fellow opened it, and made us welcome when he understood our errand.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mary was too slim for her height, but Blanche was moulded like a Dian.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Martin was not yet rich enough to afford meat, and he was on slim allowance when the White Mouse check arrived.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Tonight when the new Moon rises, or in the next few nights when the Moon is a slim crescent, go outside and look up.

(Earthshine, NASA)

The English Setter is a slim setter with a speckled coat.

(English Setter, NCI Thesaurus)

Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When I turned he was standing close by my elbow, a small, brown man with the lithe, slim figure of a boy.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)