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(slĭm) pronunciation
adj., slim·mer, slim·mest.
  1. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
  2. Small in quantity or amount; meager: slim chances of success.
intr. & tr.v., slimmed, slim·ming, slims.
  1. To become or make slim.
  2. To lose or cause to lose weight, as by dieting or exercise.

[Dutch, bad, sly, from Middle Dutch slimp, slim, bad, crooked.]

slimly slim'ly adv.
slimmer slim'mer n.
slimness slim'ness n.

adjective

  1. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.
  2. Small in degree, especially of probability: faint, negligible, outside, remote, slender, slight. See big/small/amount.

verb

  1. To make physically thin or thinner: thin. Archaic extenuate. See fat/thin, increase/decrease.
  2. To lose body weight, as by dieting. reduce, trim down. See fat/thin, increase/decrease.


v

Definition: lose weight
Antonyms: gain

A small, derivative change (e.g., to code).


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slank, spinkel, ringe, lille, dårlig, svag
v. intr. - slanke sig, være på afmagringskur
v. tr. - reducere, gøre slank
n. - afmagringskur, slankekur

idioms:

  • slim down    slanke sig, blive mere økonomisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
afslanken, aan de lijn doen, slank, mager, gering

Français (French)
adj. - mince, fin, plat, mince (un espoir)
v. intr. - (GB) maigrir, faire un régime
v. tr. - amincir, s'affiner
n. - amincissement

idioms:

  • slim down    perdre du poids, réduire les effectifs, dégraisser, réduire (la main d'¯uvre)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schlank, schwach
v. - abnehmen, schlanker machen, kürzen
n. - Kleidergröße für schlanke Personen

idioms:

  • slim down    reduzieren, schlanker werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λεπτός, ισχνός, λυγερόκορμος, στιλάτος, αμυδρός, αδιόρατος, πονηρός, καπάτσος, επιδέξιος, λίγος, ανεπαρκής
v. - αδυνατίζω, λεπταίνω, κάνω δίαιτα αδυνατίσματος

idioms:

  • slim down    αδυνατίζω

Italiano (Italian)
dimagrire, slanciato

idioms:

  • slim down    ridurre, perdere peso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esguio (m), esbelto (m), elegante, insuficiente
v. - emagrecer

idioms:

  • slim down    emagrecer

Русский (Russian)
стройный, несущественный, неубедительный, хитрый, худеть, делать стройным, спускать вес, стараться похудеть, сидеть на диете

idioms:

  • slim down    похудеть

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delgado, esbelto
v. intr. - adelgazar
v. tr. - cuidar la línea
n. - una prenda de vestir hecha para una persona delgada

idioms:

  • slim down    reducir

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smal, slank, smärt, spenslig, klen, svag, liten
v. - banta, göra smal

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
瘦的, 微小的, 苗条的, 减轻体重, 减肥, 变苗条, 使体重减轻, 减少, 缩减, 使苗条, 微小的事物

idioms:

  • slim down    消瘦

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 瘦的, 微小的, 苗條的
v. intr. - 減輕體重, 減肥, 變苗條
v. tr. - 使體重減輕, 減少, 縮減, 使苗條
n. - 微小的事物

idioms:

  • slim down    消瘦

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (체격이) 호리호리한, 부족한, 경박한
v. intr. - 야위다, 체중을 줄이다
v. tr. - 가늘게 하다, 억제하다
n. - (마리화나에 대하여) 지궐련

idioms:

  • slim down    감식으로 야위다, 규모를 줄이다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 細い, 不十分な, 貧弱な, くだらない
v. - 細くなる, 体重を減らす, 細くする

idioms:

  • slim down    やせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضئيل, هزيل, تافه, حقير, نحيل (فعل) ينحل, يقلل, يهزل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דק, רזה, קטן, מצומצם, דל, קלוש, פיקח, ערמומי, חסר-מצפון‬
v. intr. - ‮הרזה‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה לרזה, הכחיש‬
n. - ‮הרזיה, איידס‬


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