slim
/ˈslɪm/ verb C2- To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
- To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
He/she/it slims · Past slimmed · Past participle slimmed · -ing form slimming
Verb forms
- Base form
- slim
- He/she/it
- slims
- Past
- slimmed
- Past participle
- slimmed
- -ing form
- slimming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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There could not have been a greater contrast between brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted, with light hair and grey eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have seen in England—slim, elegant, and tall.
There were five long arms growing out of its body, and it also had five long, slim legs.
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
But he admired Anne immensely, and was puffed up with pride over the prospect of driving to White Sands with that slim, upright figure beside him.
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