slim
To lose weight in order to achieve slimnessTo lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
» My uncle is slim, but my aunt is fat.
Mein Onkel ist schlank, aber meine Tante ist dick. — MUIRIEL
Мой дядя худой, а тётя — толстая. — sharptoothed
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка. — deniko
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2 senses(intransitive)To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
abnehmen
похудетьpoxudetʹ
(transitive)To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
- take off weight
Examples
111 sentencesMy uncle is slim, but my aunt is fat.
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка. — deniko
ruМой дядя худой, а тётя — толстая. — sharptoothed
deMein Onkel ist schlank, aber meine Tante ist dick. — MUIRIEL
Tom is very slim.
Том дуже худорлявий. — deniko
deTom ist sehr schlank. — wolfgangth
I'm trying to slim down.
Я намагаюся стати стрункішим. — deniko
There's a slim chance that'll work.
My chances of winning are slim.
ruМои шансы на победу невысоки. — Wezel
Translations
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Origin
Borrowing from Low German or Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever”), from Middle Dutch slim (“badBorrowing from Low German or Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever”), from Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”), from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). The sense development would have been "slanting, cunning" (Dutch) > "insignificant, slight" and then "thin, graceful" in English, a shift that Liberman calls an "incredible amelioration" of word meaning.
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Forms
slims, slimming, slimmed, slimmedSynonyms
5 synonyms- take off weight:reducemelt offslenderizethinslim down
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- a slim chance
- slim chance
- slim chance that
- there's a slim
- only a slim
- is very slim