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slim

/slɪm/

slimverb

slimmed

Past Simple

slimmed

Past Participle

slimming

ing-form

/slɪm/

Translations

maigrirPour une personne qui perd du poids.

She slimmed by cutting out sugar and exercising regularly.

Elle a maigri en supprimant le sucre et en faisant régulièrement de l'exercice.

réduirePour diminuer la taille, le volume ou l'effectif.

The company plans to slim its workforce to cut costs.

L'entreprise prévoit de réduire ses effectifs pour diminuer ses coûts.

Definitions

To make oneself thinner or lose weight.

She slimmed by cutting out sugar and exercising regularly.

To reduce the size or amount of something.

The company plans to slim its workforce to cut costs.

Synonyms

reduce

pare down

shed weight

lose weight

diet

streamline

whittle down

slim down

slenderize

thin

thin down

trim

trim down

slimadjective

slimmer

Comp.

slimmest

Super.

/slɪm/

Translations

mince

She picked up a slim volume of poetry from the shelf.

Elle a pris un mince recueil de poésie sur l'étagère.

Additional translations

élancéSurtout pour une silhouette ou une personne gracieusement mince.

Definitions

Having little breadth or thickness; slender; narrow.

She picked up a slim volume of poetry from the shelf.

Small in amount or degree; meager.

The chances of winning the lottery are slim.

Gracefully thin; attractively slender.

He admired her slim silhouette against the sunset.

Synonyms

Antonyms

slimnoun

slims

/slɪm/

Used mainly in plural form ('slims') to denote slender cigarettes.

Translations

slimDans le sens de cigarette fine.

She always smoked slims because she preferred their lighter feel.

Elle fumait toujours des slims parce qu'elle préférait leur légèreté.

Definitions

A slender, usually longer-than-standard cigarette.

She always smoked slims because she preferred their lighter feel.

Synonyms

beanpole

thin person

slender person

svelte person

lean person

waif

stick

skinny person

slimline person