slim

comparative slimmer · superlative slimmest

1. Slender; thin.
   1. Slender in an attractive way.

      Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.

      Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy, gaunt, gracile, lank, lean, leansome

   2. broadlyDesigned to make the wearer appear slim.

      Synonyms: slimming

   3. Long and narrow.

      Synonyms: fine, stalky, sticklike, thin, virgate

   4. Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.

      Synonyms: agile

2. Very small, tiny.

   I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.

   2 more examples

   Juries who will convict on the slimmest evidence.

   Wolves' debatable third in the last 10 minutes, with the ball only crossing the line by the slimmest of margins if at all, ensured a cracking finale, although City would have been left aggrieved had they let the win slip.

   2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC

   Synonyms: infinitesimal, marginal

3. Northern EnglandScotlandrusticBad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

   A slimly-shod lad;

   1 more example

   a slimly-made cart.

   Synonyms: lousy, shoddy, delicate, frail, ass, bad, base, below par

4. South AfricaobsoleteSly, crafty.

   Synonyms: cunning, frood, astute, artful, cautelous, crafty, cunning, devious

plural slims · alternative Slim

1. countableuncountableA type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

   I only smoke slims.

2. IrelandcountableregionaluncountableA potato farl.
3. AfricaEastuncountableAIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

   As in the West, only about 50 per cent of patients with slim fully investigated will have a putative pathogen identified.

   2003, Charled F. Gilks, “HIV in the Developing World”, in David A. Warrell et al., editors, Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 4th edition, volume 1, →ISBN, page 446

4. slanguncountableCocaine.

present singular third person slims · participle present slimming · participle past slimmed · past slimmed

1. intransitiveTo lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
2. transitiveTo make slimmer; to reduce in size.

plural slims

1. alternativeAlternative form of sling (“type of alcoholic mixed drink”)

   Crump, having fortified himself with a bobstick of rum slim, moved cautiously among the crowds who bustled along Fleet Street.

   2010, Maggie MacKeever, The Baroness of Bow Street

plural Slims

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.

plural SLiMs

1. abbreviationacronymbiochemistryAcronym of short linear motif.