slim
IPA: sɫˈɪm
noun
- A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
- (Ireland, regional) A potato farl.
- (East Africa, uncountable) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
- (slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- (biochemistry) Acronym of short linear motif.
verb
- (intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
- (transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
adjective
- Slender, thin.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (South Africa, obsolete in UK) Sly, crafty.
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Examples of "slim" in Sentences
- He was a gangling and slim boy.
- It is the best slimming tablet on the market.
- Nixie are slim and comely and lightly scaled.
- He is slim and wiry, with a narrow but deep chest.
- The worst part of this is that the article is so slim.
- He is the father of the famous businessman Carlos Slim.
- The build is slim and wiry, with a narrow but deep chest.
- He is depicted as young, slim, and virtually imperturbable.
- The character's significance to the plot of the story is slim.
- The chances of getting a reservation on the day of are slim to none.