(~mer, ~mest, ~s, ~ming, ~med)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
The young woman was tall and ~...
Jean is pretty, of ~ build, with blue eyes.
ADJ approval
2.
If you are ~ming, 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 ~...
VERB: V, also V n
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Slim down means the same as ~ .
Doctors have told Benny to ~ down.
...salon treatments that claim to ~ down thighs.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n
3.
A ~ book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
The ~ booklets describe a range of services and facilities...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
A ~ chance or possibility is a very small one.
There’s still a ~ chance that he may become Prime Minister.
= faint
ADJ
5.
If an organization ~s its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. (BUSINESS)
The company recently ~med its product line.
VERB: V n