[slim] adj slim.mer ; slim.mest [D, bad, inferior, fr. MD slimp crooked, bad; akin to MHG slimp awry] (1657) 1: of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length: slender
2. a: mean, worthless b: adroit, crafty 3 a: inferior in quality or amount: slight b: scanty, small "a ~ chance" syn see thin -- slim.ly adv -- slim.ness n
[2]slim vb slimmed ; slim.ming vt (1862): to make slender: decrease the size of ~ vi: to become slender