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Dictionary: slim   (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.

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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.

Antonyms: slim
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v

Definition: lose weight
Antonyms: gain


Hacker Slang: slim
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A small, derivative change (e.g., to code).


Wikipedia: Slim (band)
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Slim is an American pop/rock band from Oakland, California, led by singer/songwriter Michael Baker. The band's music balances lyrical expression with a devotion to the sounds and beats of rock, soul, and hip-hop. Their debut album, Interstate Medicine, was originally released in 2002.

The band's roots lie in the San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouse and open mic circuit, where Baker performed for several years while writing the material that would appear on "Interstate Medicine". In early 2001, former Counting Crows and 3rd Eye Blind drummer Steve Bowman brought Baker together with producer Jeffrey Wood (Fatboy Slim, Penelope Houston), and sessions for the album began at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

In addition to Bowman on drums and Paul Olguin (Mazzy Star, Mary Wells) on bass, the album features a number of notable local musicians. Chief among these are Jef Labes (Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt) on keys and Robert Powell (Peter Gabriel, John Lee Hooker, Jackson Browne) on pedal steel guitar.

The album's songs address a diverse range of topics, from Spanish conquistadores to double murders, deals with the devil to nights spent in thrall to Mexican witches. Instrumentation is similarly diverse: the opening track, "Cortez & Pizarro", begins with rubato flamenco guitar which transforms abruptly into distorted Les Paul through a Marshall stack. "Starfish/Sunflower" mates sampled jungle snares with pedal steel guitar and three-part vocal harmonies, and "Sister Rosa" combines folk-blues guitar with a gospel choir.

Slim now performs around Northern California, with a lineup consisting of drummer Peter Libby (Primus, Ramona the Pest) bassist Kevin Witte (Surreal Neil, Tom Jonesing) and Tom Hamilton on keys and backing vocals. Hamilton and Baker occasionally perform as an acoustic duo. Baker plays solo shows, and also with his other band, Radio Nowhere.

Discography

  • Interstate Medicine (Shortwave Syndicate, 2002)

Track Listing: 1) Cortez & Pizarro 2) Heathrow 3) Slide 4) Beautiful Stranger 5) Curandera 6) Starfish/Sunflower 7) Picture of You 8) Caroline 9) Sister Rosa 10) Alabama 11) Electric 12) Deathwish Debbie 13) Walking Shoes (Hidden Track) 14) Turned on Fashion

Lineup

  • Michael Baker - guitar, vocals, songs, production
  • Peter Libby - drums
  • Kevin Witte - bass
  • Tom Hamilton - vocals, keyboards

Translations: Slim
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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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