SLIM

I. adjective (~mer; ~mest) Etymology: Dutch, bad, inferior, from Middle Dutch ~p crooked, bad; akin to Middle High German ~p awry Date: 1657 of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length ; slender , 2. mean , worthless , adroit , crafty , 3. inferior in quality or amount ; slight , scanty , small , see: thin ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. verb (~med; ~ming) Date: 1862 transitive verb to make slender ; decrease the size of, intransitive verb to become slender