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slim
[slim] 
adjective, slim⋅mer, slim⋅mest, verb, slimmed, slim⋅ming, noun –adjective
| 1. | slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure. |
| 2. | poor or inferior: a slim chance; a slim excuse. |
| 3. | small or inconsiderable; meager; scanty: a slim income. |
| 4. | sized for the thinner than average person. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to make slim. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to become slim. |
| 7. | Chiefly British. to try to become more slender, esp. by dieting. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 8. | a garment size meant for a thin person. |
| 9. | slim down,
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Origin:
1650–60; < D slim sly, (earlier) crooked (c. G schlimm bad, (earlier) crooked)
1650–60; < D slim sly, (earlier) crooked (c. G schlimm bad, (earlier) crooked)
Related forms:
slimly, adverb
slimness, noun
Antonyms:
1. fat. 3. considerable; abundant.
1. fat. 3. considerable; abundant.
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| slim (slĭm) adj. slim·mer, slim·mest
[Dutch, bad, sly, from Middle Dutch slimp, slim, bad, crooked.] slim'ly adv., slim'mer n., slim'ness n. |
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : slim
Spanish:
delgado, esbelto, fino,
German:
schlank,
Japanese:
ほっそりした
slim
n. A small, derivative change (e.g., to code).
Jargon File 4.2.0
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slim
1657, "thin, slight, slender," from Du. slim "bad, sly, clever," from M.Du. slim "bad, crooked," from P.Gmc. *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (cf. M.H.G. slimp "slanting, awry," Ger. schlimm "bad"). The verb meaning "to try to reduce one's weight" is recorded from 1930. Slimming "producing an appearance of thinness" is from 1925. Slimnastics first recorded 1967. Slim Jim attested from 1889 in sense of "very thin person."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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SLIM
A VLSI language for translating DFA's into circuits. J.L. Hennessy, "SLIM: A Simulation and Implementation Language for VLSI Microcode", Lambda, Apr 1981, pp.20-28.
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slim jargon
A small, derivative change (e.g. to code).
(2003-05-13)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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