transcription, транскрипция: [ slɪm ]
( slimmer, slimmest, slims, slimming, slimmed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
The young woman was tall and slim...
Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
ADJ [ approval ]
2.
If you are slimming , you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.
Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim...
VERB : V , also V n
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Slim down means the same as slim .
Doctors have told Benny to slim down.
...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.
PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P n
3.
A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
4.
A slim chance or possibility is a very small one.
There’s still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.
= faint
ADJ
5.
If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. ( BUSINESS )
The company recently slimmed its product line.
VERB : V n