slim
adjective/slɪm/
/slɪm/
(comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest)
- (approving) (of a person) thin, in a way that is attractive
- a slim figure/body/waist
- She was tall and slim.
- How do you manage to stay so slim?
- (figurative) Many companies are a lot slimmer than they used to be (= have fewer workers).
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancea2- Step exercises can help make you slim.
- dieters who get slim using these methods
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- tall and slim
- thinner than usual
- a slim volume of poetry
- not as big as you would like or expect synonym small
- a slim chance of success
- The party was returned to power with a slim majority.
see also slimmer, slimming
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin.
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