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Slim (adjective)
Slender, thin.
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Slim (adjective)
Slender in an attractive way.
“Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.”
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Slim (adjective)
Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
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Slim (adjective)
Long and narrow.
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Slim (adjective)
Very small, tiny.
“I’m afraid your chances are quite slim.”
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Slim (adjective)
Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
“A slimly-shod lad;}} {{ux|en|a slimly-made cart.”
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Slim (adjective)
Sly, crafty.
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Slim (noun)
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
“I only smoke slims.”
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Slim (noun)
AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
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Slim (noun)
Cocaine.
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Slim (verb)
To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
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Slim (verb)
To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
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Skinny (adjective)
thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
“Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender”
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Skinny (adjective)
Low-fat.
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Skinny (adjective)
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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Skinny (adjective)
tight-fitting
“skinny jeans”
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Skinny (noun)
The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
“She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.”
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Skinny (noun)
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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Skinny (noun)
A low-fat serving of coffee.
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Skinny (noun)
A skinny being.
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Skinny (verb)
To reduce or cut down.
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Slim (adjective)
(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender
“her slim figure”
“the girls were tall and slim”
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Slim (adjective)
(of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape
“a slim gold band encircled her wrist”
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Slim (adjective)
(of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim
“a pair of slim, immaculately cut trousers”
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Slim (adjective)
(of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient
“companies will extract all possible productivity gains from their slimmer workforces before adding people”
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Slim (adjective)
(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small
“there was just a slim chance of success”
“a slim majority of sixteen”
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Slim (adjective)
crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.
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Slim (verb)
make oneself thinner, especially by dieting
“if he’s overweight, he should slim”
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Slim (verb)
make (a person or part of the body) thinner, especially by dieting
“how can I slim down my hips?”
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Slim (verb)
reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient
“restructuring and slimming down the organization”
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Slim (noun)
a course or period of slimming
“a sponsored slim”
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Slim (noun)
a term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.