Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Slender, thin: Having a small, graceful, and attractively thin build or shape.
   • Small, slight: Of a small amount, quantity, or likelihood; not substantial or strong.

2. Verb:

   • To lose weight: To make oneself thinner, especially by dieting and exercise.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • She has a very slim figure. (Describing a slender build.)
  • There is only a slim chance of rain today. (Describing a small possibility.)
  • The company's profits were slim this quarter. (Describing a small amount.)

• Verb:

  • He is trying to slim down before his wedding. (Describing the action of losing weight.)
  • She slimmed from 80kg to 65kg in six months. (Describing a past action of weight loss.)

Advanced Usage

• "Slim down" (phrasal verb): To reduce one's weight or to make something smaller or more efficient.
  • The company needs to slim down its operations to save money.
• "Slim pickings" (idiomatic phrase): A very small or poor selection of things to choose from.
  • By the time we arrived at the sale, there were only slim pickings left.

Variants and Related Words

• Slimly (adverb): In a slender or thin manner.
  • The tower rose slimly into the sky.
• Slimness (noun): The quality or state of being slim.
  • Her slimness was the result of a healthy lifestyle.
• Slimming (adjective, noun): Designed to make a person seem or become thinner (adj.); the process of losing weight (n.).
  • She bought a slimming dress. (Adjective)
  • Exercise and diet are part of her slimming program. (Noun)

Synonyms

• Adjective (for slender): Slender, thin, lean, svelte, willowy.
• Adjective (for small): Meager, slight, scant, modest, negligible.
• Verb: Reduce, lose weight, trim down, get thinner.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Slim down: To become thinner or to reduce the size of something.
  • He decided to slim down and get fit.
  • The government plans to slim down the public sector.

Related Idioms

• A slim chance: A very small or unlikely possibility.
  • There's a slim chance we'll get tickets, but we can try.
• Slim volume: A thin or small book.
  • She published a slim volume of poetry.

Adjective

1. small in quantity
   • slender wages
   • a slim chance of winning
   • a small surplus
2. 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

Verb

1. take off weight