Slim - English meaning

adjective

Having been reduced in force, effect, or value.

Usage examples:

It appears likely that the courts will be given an attenuated role in the enforcement of these deci…

verb

Reduce the force, effect, or value of.

Usage examples:

This research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidif…

adjective

Weak or weaker

Usage examples:

Attenuated political reform, a live, attenuated vaccine (= with a weaker virus), the figurines have…

adjective

Healthy-looking and active

Usage examples:

The school sports field swarmed with clean-limbed young people eager for the day's events.

noun

The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

Usage examples:

A vegetarian diet

verb

Restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.

Usage examples:

I began dieting again

noun

A legislative assembly in certain countries.

Usage examples:

The diet met to approve the budget for the next quarter

adjective

Far away in space or time.

Usage examples:

Distant parts of the world

adjective

Far away in space or time

Usage examples:

She dreamed of traveling to distant lands., we could hear the sound of distant thunder.

adjective

Far away

Usage examples:

A distant country, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

adjective

(of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.

Usage examples:

The faint murmur of voices

verb

Lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.

Usage examples:

I fainted from loss of blood

noun

A sudden loss of consciousness.

Usage examples:

She hit the floor in a dead faint

adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

Usage examples:

By now, he was too feeble to leave his room

adjective

Weak

Usage examples:

A feeble joke, he’s pretty feeble, and has to use a cane to get around.

adjective

Insubstantial and easily damaged.

Usage examples:

A flimsy barrier

noun

A document, especially a copy, made on very thin paper.

Usage examples:

Credit-card flimsies

adjective

(of material) very thin, or (of a structure or object) badly made and weak, and therefore easily broken or destroyed

Usage examples:

A flimsy dress, a flimsy building, they convicted the defendant on very flimsy evidence.

adjective

(of an object) easily broken or damaged.

Usage examples:

Fragile items such as glass and china

adjective

Easily damaged, broken, or harmed

Usage examples:

A fragile piece of metal, their argument showed us just how fragile the teammate relationship can b…

adjective

Easily harmed, damaged, or broken

Usage examples:

The fragile economy is under the pressure of floods at home and rising oil prices abroad., the chan…

adjective

Having or showing grace or elegance.

Usage examples:

She was a tall girl, slender and graceful

adjective

(of a hominid species) of slender build.

Usage examples:

But today, there are eight putative species of early gracile hominid - and a number of the most rec…

adjective

Not likely to be true or to happen.

Usage examples:

This account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable

adjective

Not likely to be true or to happen; not probable

Usage examples:

An improbable excuse

adjective

(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall.

Usage examples:

He is lanky and a brilliant artist as well as being excellent at crosswords.

adjective

Tall and thin and often tending to move awkwardly as a result

Usage examples:

He shifted his lanky body uncomfortably in the cramped airplane seat.

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

Usage examples:

The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

Usage examples:

His lean, muscular body

adjective

(of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Usage examples:

The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers

adjective

Attractively thin and able to move quickly and smoothly

adjective

Relating to or at the edge or margin.

Usage examples:

Marginal notes

noun

A seat in a parliament or on a council that is held by a small majority and is at risk in an election.

Usage examples:

She is defending a key marginal for the tories

adjective

Small in amount or effect

Usage examples:

The difference between the two bids was marginal., i think his guess is only marginally better than…

adjective

Of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible.

Usage examples:

The aircraft suffered minimal damage

adjective

As small as possible

Usage examples:

Fortunately, damage to the heart was minimal.

adjective

Very small in amount

Usage examples:

The chances of losing money are minimal., the service will be provided for free, or at minimal cost.

adjective

So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.

Usage examples:

He said that the risks were negligible

adjective

Too slight or small in amount to be important

Usage examples:

The effect on sales was negligible.

adjective

Too small in amount or degree to be of importance

Usage examples:

The interest received from these accounts is negligible., negligible effect/impact the rise in the …

noun

The external side or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Record the date on the outside of the file

adjective

Situated on or near the exterior or external surface of something.

Usage examples:

Anne put the outside lights on

preposition

Situated or moving beyond the boundaries or confines of.

Usage examples:

There was a boy outside the door

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

(of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs.

Usage examples:

A pale, rangy boy in his late teens

adjective

Having long thin legs and arms

Usage examples:

A tall, rangy figure

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Usage examples:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Usage examples:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

adjective

(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Usage examples:

The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun

Having very little connection with or relationship to.

Usage examples:

The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective

Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close

Usage examples:

Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

adjective

(of a garment) tight-fitting.

Usage examples:

A skinny jumper

noun

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

adjective

Very thin

Usage examples:

She’s shorter and skinnier than me., my bike has skinny tires., get the skinny on hundreds of celeb…

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin.

Usage examples:

Her slender neck

adjective

Thin

Usage examples:

The slender book runs all of 150 pages., sarane is a tall, slender man.

verb

Make (a person or a part of their body) appear more slender.

Usage examples:

Longer lengths tend to slenderize and elongate the body

verb

To become thinner or to make something appear thinner

Usage examples:

We manufacture undergarments that tone and slenderize., wearing dark clothes from the waist down wi…

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

Usage examples:

A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was desperate not to slight a guest

noun

An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

An unintended slight can create grudges

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adjective

Additional to what is required for ordinary use.

Usage examples:

Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun

An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.

Usage examples:

The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb

Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

Usage examples:

Spindly arms and legs

adjective

(of a person) slender and elegant.

Usage examples:

She was svelte and sophisticated

adjective

Attractively thin, graceful, and stylish

adjective

(of a woman or girl) slender and graceful.

Usage examples:

His arm curled around her sylphlike waist

adjective

(of a woman or girl) attractively thin and delicate

adjective

Very weak or slight.

Usage examples:

The tenuous link between interest rates and investment

adjective

Weak, unimportant, or in doubt

Usage examples:

The aging dictator’s hold on power is tenuous.

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

Usage examples:

Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

Usage examples:

The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

adjective

Not likely to happen, be done, or be true; improbable.

Usage examples:

An unlikely explanation

adjective

Not expected to happen; not likely

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] it’s unlikely (that) we will ever learn what happened.

adjective

Bordered, shaded, or covered by willows.

Usage examples:

Willowy meadow land

adjective

(esp. of a woman) graceful and thin, with long arms and legs

Usage examples:

A willowy figure