- slim
- [[t]slɪ̱m[/t]]
♦♦♦slimmer, slimmest, slims, slimming, slimmed1) ADJ-GRADED (approval) A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
The young woman was tall and slim...
Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
Syn:2) VERB If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim...
It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming. [Also V n]
Derived words:slimmer plural N-COUNT...meals for slimmers.
slimming N-UNCOUNTWe live in a society which is obsessed with slimming.
Slim down means the same as slim.V P
Doctors have told Benny to slim down. V P n ...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities...
He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.
4) ADJ-GRADED A slim chance or possibility is a very small one.There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.
Syn:5) VERB If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has.[V n] The company recently slimmed its product line.
Phrasal Verbs:
English dictionary. 2008.
