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1. adj. Slender, thin. | |
2. adj. (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way. | |
Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young. | |
3. adj. (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim. | |
4. adj. (of an object) Long and narrow. | |
5. adj. (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient. | |
6. adj. (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny. | |
I'm afraid your chances are quite slim. | |
7. adj. (rural, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy. | |
a slimly-made cart. ux, en, a slimly-made cart. | |
8. adj. (South Africa, obsolete in UK) Sly, crafty. | |
9. subst. A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes. | |
I only smoke slims. | |
10. subst. (East Africa) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages. | |
11. subst. (slang) Cocaine. | |
12. v. (intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness. | |
13. v. To make slimmer; to reduce in size. | |