adj 1. thin, not fat ○ a slim, fair-haired boy ○ How do you manage to stay so slim? ○ She looks slimmer in that dress. 2. narrow ○ a slim skirt ○ a slim gold bracelet 3. small ○ Their chances of survival in the snowstorm are slim. (NOTE: slimmer – slimmest) ■ verb to diet in order to become thin ○ She started slimming before her summer holidays. (NOTE: slimming – slimmed)
slim
(slim), a. [Compar. Slimmer superl. Slimmest.] [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.]
1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as a slim argument. ´That was a slim excuse.´ Barrow.
3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.
1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as a slim argument. ´That was a slim excuse.´ Barrow.
3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.
Meaning of “slim” in English language – adj 1. thin, not fat ○ a slim, fair-hair...
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