slim

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Alternative forms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Derived terms 3.3 See also 4 West Frisian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈslɪm/, SAMPA: /"slIm/
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  Rhymes: -ɪm

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slim (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest)

1. Slender: thin in an attractive way.

   Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.

2. Of a low degree of probability

   I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.

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• Wikisaurus has an article on “thin” in the sense of “skinny”.

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slim (plural slims)

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

   I only smoke slims.

2. (East Africa) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages
   • 2003, Charled F. Gilks, “HIV in the Developing World”, in David A. Warrell et al. eds., Oxford Textbook of Medicine^[1], volume Volume 1, 4th ed., ISBN 0198570147, page 446:

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

3. (slang, uncountable) Cocaine; white lady.

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• (AIDS): Slim

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to slim (third-person singular simple present slims, present participle slimming, simple past and past participle slimmed)

1. To lose weight in order to achieve slimness

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• Anagrams of ilms
• mils
• SMIL

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse slím.

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slim c. n. (singular definite slimen or slimet, uncountable)

1. slime
2. mucus

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slim, slimme (comparative slimmer, slimmere; superlative slimst, slimste)

1. intelligent, bright
2. clever, smart

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• intelligent
• scherpzinnig
• schrander
• sluw

[edit] Derived terms

• slimmerd m., slimmerik m.
• slimheid
• slimmigheid

[edit] See also

• German: schlimm (bad, terrible)

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /slım/

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slim

1. bad
2. dire
3. difficult