slim

[Slim]

Anything slim is thin or narrow. So, your sister may be considered slim, and you could also have "a slim chance" of winning the lottery.

...

Worthless; bad.

Verb
take off weight

Adjective S.
being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

Adjective S.
small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"


superl.
Worthless; bad.

superl.
Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.

superl.
Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.


Slim

Slim , a. [Compar. Slimmer ; superl. Slimmest.] [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.] 1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. "That was a slim excuse." Barrow. 3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.

Worthless; bad.

...

Usage Examples

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

Misspelled Form

slim, aslim, wslim, eslim, dslim, xslim, zslim, alim, wlim, elim, dlim, xlim, zlim, salim, swlim, selim, sdlim, sxlim, szlim, sklim, solim, splim, s:lim, skim, soim, spim, s:im, slkim, sloim, slpim, sl:im, sluim, sl8im, sl9im, sloim, sljim, slkim, slum, sl8m, sl9m, slom, sljm, slkm, slium, sli8m, sli9m, sliom, slijm, slikm, slinm, slijm, slikm, sli,m, sli m, slin, slij, slik, sli,, sli , slimn, slimj, slimk, slim,, slim .

Other Usage Examples

I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.

Comments


Browse Dictionary