slimness
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slim
(slĭm)adj. slim·mer, slim·mest
1. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
2. Small in quantity or amount; meager: slim chances of success.
intr. & tr.v. slimmed, slim·ming, slims
1. To become or make slim.
2. To lose or cause to lose weight, as by dieting or exercise.
[Dutch, bad, sly, from Middle Dutch slimp, slim, bad, crooked.]
slim′ly adv.
slim′mer n.
slim′ness n.
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| Noun | 1. | slimness - a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote" margin - an amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory" |
| 2. | slimness - the property of an attractively thin person |
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Translations
نَحافَه
štíhlost
slankhed
karcsúság
òaî aî vera grannvaxinn
štíhlosť
inceliknarinlik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ˈslɪmnɪs] n (goal of slimmer) → l'essere magro/a; (of ankle, wrist, book) → sottigliezza (fig) (of resources) → scarsità, insufficienzaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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(slim) adjective1. not thick or fat; thin. She has a slim, graceful figure; Taking exercise is one way of keeping slim.
2. not good; slight. There's still a slim chance that we'll find the child alive.
verb – past tense, past participle slimmed – to use means (such as eating less) in order to become slimmer. I mustn't eat cakes – I'm trying to slim.
ˈslimming noun the process or practice of trying to become slimmer. Slimming should be done carefully.
ˈslimness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.