Meanings
present singular third person slenderizes · participle present slenderizing · participle past slenderized · past slenderized
- transitiveTo make more slender.
There’s no sugar-coating it: this direct-injection V-6 seems a compromise, a slenderized version of the CTS’s 3.6-liter.
2009 July 26, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Redesign Aims Lower and Yet Comes Up Short”, in New York Times2 more examples
You will sequence through upper and lower-body exercises that are designed to lift, reduce, and slenderize your hips, thighs, and booty while giving you sleek, sexy arms!
2011, Amy Cotta, Six Weeks to Skinny Jeans, page 10When dressing up for a night out, let's not forget the sex appeal, allure, and slenderizing effect of ultrasheer black hosiery under that little black dress.
2012, Rebecca Apsan, Lessons in Lingerie: Finding Your Perfect Shade of Seduction
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Polish wysmuklać, wysmuklić
- wysmuklaćto make more slender
- wysmuklićto make more slender
Cite this entry
slenderize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slenderize
“slenderize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slenderize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slenderize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slenderize.
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