Definitions for SLIM

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SLIM slim

Spelling: [slim]

IPA: /slɪm/

Slim is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in SLIM (ilms).

Definitions for SLIM

noun

1. a garment size meant for a thin person.

adjective

1. slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
2. poor or inferior:
3. small or inconsiderable; meager; scanty:
4. sized for the thinner than average person.

Verb phrases

1. slim down, to lose weight, especially intentionally. (of a business) to reduce operating expenses; economize.

verb (used with object)

1. to make slim.

verb (used without object)

1. to become slim.
2. Chiefly British. to try to become more slender, especially by dieting.

Origin of SLIM

1650-60; Dutch slim sly, (earlier) crooked (cognate with German schlimm bad, (earlier) crooked)

Examples for SLIM

It was slim, about “fifty to sixty pages,” according to Bradlee, and mostly concerned with her paintings.

The Countess knows—and have slim bring something to carry him home on.

For months, first term Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan has managed to cling to slim lead that has defied national factors.

Stangneth probes his affairs in Argentina, including with Ingrid von Ihne, “tall, blond, and slim, with a cold beauty.”

"Yes, that was another of Jack's fool schemes," put in slim.

Sidney considered, poking a slim finger into the little holes in the box.

He was one of living symbols of “White Ribbon Revolution” of 2012, always in black, slim, shaved, almost a monk.

slim turned Bush down, and Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, just weeks before the presidential election.

slim made a few hasty passes at his hair and said he was ready.

Linda folded her slim hands on the table and leaned forward.