Slim Definition

slĭm

slimmed, slimmer, slimmest, slimming, slims

adjective

slimmer, slimmest

Small in girth in proportion to height or length; slender.

Webster's New World

Small in amount, degree, or extent; slight; scant; meager.

Slim pickings, a slim hope.

Webster's New World

(South Africa) Sly, crafty.

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verb

slimmed, slimming, slims

To become or make slim.

American Heritage

To lose or cause to lose weight, as by dieting or exercise.

American Heritage

To make or become slim or slimmer.

Webster's New World

To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

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noun

A nickname for a slim or lanky person.

Webster's New World

A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

I only smoke slims.

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(East Africa) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

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(slang, uncountable) Cocaine; the white lady.

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Other Word Forms of Slim

Base Form:

slim

Comparative:

Superlative:

slimmest

From Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever"), from Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked"), from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked"). Compare Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry") (German schlimm (“bad")).

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Dutch bad, sly from Middle Dutch slimp, slim bad, crooked

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition