Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
- adj. Small in quantity or amount; meager: slim chances of success.
- v. To become or make slim.
- v. To lose or cause to lose weight, as by dieting or exercise.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Thin; slender: as, a slim waist.
- Hence Slight; flimsy; unsubstantial: as, slim work.
- Delicate; feeble.
- Slight; weak; trivial.
- Meager; small: as, a slim chance.
- Worthless; bad; wicked.
- SynonymsLank, gaunt, meager.
- To scamp one's work; do work in a careless, superficial manner.
- n. A Middle English form of slime.
- Cunning; crafty; tricky.
Wiktionary
- adj. Slender, thin.
- adj. Very small, tiny.
- adj. South Africa Sly, crafty.
- n. A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes
- n. East Africa AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages
- n. slang, uncountable Cocaine; white lady.
- v. To lose weight in order to achieve slimness
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Worthless; bad.
- adj. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor.
- adj. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. small in quantity
- adj. being of delicate or slender build
- v. take off weight
Etymologies
- From Dutch slim ("bad, sly, clever"), from Middle Dutch slim ("bad, crooked"), from Proto-Germanic *slembaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare Middle High German slimp ("slanting, awry") (German schlimm ("bad")). (Wiktionary)
- Dutch, bad, sly, from Middle Dutch slimp, slim, bad, crooked. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They said it would be possible to write what one called a 'slim' contract of 6-8 pages that laid out essential provisions: due process, some say in hiring, a role in evaluation, a role in developing curricula and assessments, and other professional issues.”
The Huffington Post: John Merrow: The International Education Divide
“He got himself the proper clothing and his first racing bike—a Mercier—which he described as a slim, elegant road bike, and jumped into his first triathlon with no previous experience or specific training.”
“Aged 14, he decided he preferred the English word "slim" to being called "spaghetti" or other French insults.”
“Let the infighting begin. anytimecowboy: This is amazing, the GOP has no front runner for jamerican negril 1 minute ago (10:32 AM) i can't wait until the televised teaKKKlan "debates" when they tear int0 0ne an0ther! jamerican_negril: i can't wait until the televised teaKKKlan "debates" when they Petey131 8 minutes ago (10:25 AM) The word "slim" is no where to be found in this t00l... akrazyrunner 12 minutes ago (10:21 AM) You mean the Governor elected with less than 50% of the vote in an off year election with an "Independe nt" spoiler in the race in somehow unpopular?”
“It was already taking a toll in Africa, where it was called slim disease.”
“Barrak Obama has two changes to win in 2012 Slim and None and slim is voting Republican.”
“I am not saying that you should not be interested in slim people.”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“At Lane Bryant, narrow-cut "skinny jeans" sell well, but are called "slim.”
“Even in slim women, exercise can help reduce the cancer risk by converting more of the body's fat into muscle.”
“Of course the President would have looked nicer in slim jeans, but the important thing is that he should be comfortable on his free time and he looked good to me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘slim’.
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I am : physical
Describing appearance and physique. More quantitative than qualitative/comparative. Can be used to sum a person up one-wordedly. (Still working on the definition of what I want in this list.)
handsome, beautiful, pretty, comely, ugly, rugged, buxom, buff, chiseled, svelte, lithe, portly and 35 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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kevinl's Words
indefatigable, dabble, befuddle, fin, infinity, might, futile, squirm, bookish, feint, liquidity, belt and 126 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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fragile/lovely words
incandescent, scintillating, sublime, stellar, fragile, bones, illuminate, luscious, celestial, crepuscular, penumbra, wanderlust and 111 more...
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Nana Words
My Nana, that is.
piazza, warsh, slim, listen here, dickens, chrisapoo, mine, young man, young lady, waste paper basket, behave, parlor and 15 more...
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Nicknames for People I Know
uncle fester, ribby, tofurkey, pastrami, pippy, fafa, man hands, mibby, rump roast, pork boy, elf shoe boy, mibster and 48 more...
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faisal's list
induct, fed up, frustrate, prime minister, second-hand, wash away, sofa, finish up, consider, sort of, slim, lit and 18 more...
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Way Down in the Hole
I love The Wire. I love The Wire's characters' names.
prez, bunk, bunny, clay, deacon, bug, donut, little, cutty, bubbles, squeak, proposition and 18 more...
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TT1 Lesson 3
delay, annoy, furious, minute, mad, right, battery, die, jumper cables, jump start, slim, jog and 8 more...
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writing keywords
"yvonne i can always tell which submissions you've written because you love to use the same words"
blush, bruised, angle, parenthesis, tint, slim, passing, curve, sprawl, tender, clot, slightly and 17 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 150
tear up, ordeal, creditor, compensation, make ends meet, petition, settlement, settle, border, headlong, terrifying, tactic and 20 more...
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bentleyanne's Words
momtini, bershon, curmudgeon, cattywampus, swizzle, scrimshaw, rad, slim, loquacious, flank, baguette, chou and 40 more...
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kalkiwendy's list
fuck, thaasophobia, sesquipedalian, assuage, slim, loblolly, soulkill, teeninecy
Tweets
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kalkiwendy I love the way this word feels in my mouth - along with slit and slip. Aug 10, 2008