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Slim
slim
(slimmer, slimmest, slims, slimming, slimmed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body. The young woman was tall and slim... Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes. ADJ c darkgreen]approval 2. If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food. Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim... VERB: V, also V n • Slim down means the same as slim. Doctors have told Benny to slim down. ...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n 3. A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual. The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities... ADJ: usu ADJ n 4. A slim chance or possibility is a very small one. There’s still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister. = faint ADJ 5. If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. (BUSINESS) The company recently slimmed its product line. VERB: V n
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I. adjective (~mer; ~mest) Etymology: Dutch, bad, inferior, from Middle Dutch ~p crooked, bad; akin to Middle High German ~p awry Date: 1657 1. of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length ; slender 2. a. mean, worthless b. adroit, crafty 3. a. inferior in quality or amount ; slight b. scanty, small a ~ chance Synonyms: 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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., v., & n. --adj. (slimmer, slimmest) 1 a of small girth or thickness, of long narrow shape. b gracefully thin, slenderly built. c not fat or overweight. 2 small, insufficient (a slim chance of success). 3 clever, artful, crafty, unscrupulous. --v. (slimmed, slimming) 1 intr. make oneself slimmer by dieting, exercise, etc. 2 tr. make slim or slimmer. --n. a course of slimming. Derivatives slimly adv. slimmer n. slimming n. & adj. slimmish adj. slimness n. Etymology: LG or Du. f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. тонкий, стройный slim figure (leg, tree trunk) —- стройная фигура (нога, -ое дерево) this dress will make you appear slimmer —- это платье будет вас худить 2. незначительный, несущественный a slim chance of recovery (of success) —- малый шанс на выздоровление (на успех) slim attendance —- плохая посещаемость 3. неубедительный, шаткий a slim exuse —- шаткое оправдание, отговорка upon the slimmest of evidence —- по самым неубедительным показаниям; бездоказательно, необоснованно 4. хитрый, ловкий 5. уменьшаться в весе; худеть 6. делать тонким, стройным; худить 7. спускать вес, стараться похудеть; сидеть на диете ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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down уменьшать(ся) в весе; уменьшать (количество, объем) Weve had to slim down our holiday plans. The railway system in our country is being slimmed down. SLIM 1. adj. 1) тонкий, стройный 2) coll. слабый, скудный; незначительный; a slim chance of success - слабая надежда на успех 3) amer. легкий (о завтраке и т.п.) 4) хитрый Syn: see thin 2. v. (по)худеть, (по)терять в весе - slim down ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj comparative slimmer superlative slimmest 1 someone who is slim is attractively thin (a slim waist) (- see thin1) 2 slim chance/hopes etc very little chance etc of getting what you want (There's a slim chance someone may have survived.) 3 thinner than usual or less than usual (a slim volume of poetry | the slimmest of majorities) ~2 v slimmed, slimming 1 to make yourself thinner by eating less, taking a lot of exercise etc (I'm going to start slimming after Christmas.) 2 also slim down to reduce the size or number of something (It was decided to slim down the workforce.) - slimmer n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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univ. abbr. St. Louis Institute of Music adult abbr. Sincere Losers Inspire Me softw. abbr. Software LIfecycle Management telec. abbr. Service Level Improvement Method religion abbr. Servant Leaders In Ministry ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 1657, "thin, slight," from Du. slim "bad, sly, clever," from M.Du. slim "bad, crooked," from P.Gmc. *slembaz "oblique, crooked." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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