different between skinny vs sender

English

Etymology

Skin +? -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni

Adjective

skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)

1. (informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

2. (informal, of food or beverages) Having reduced fat or calories.
3. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
4. (of clothing) tight-fitting

   skinny jeans

5. (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Translations

Noun

skinny (plural skinnies)

1. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.

   She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.

2. A state of nakedness; nudity.
3. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
4. (nonstandard) A skinny being.

Translations

Verb

skinny (third-person singular simple present skinnies, present participle skinnying, simple past and past participle skinnied)

1. (transitive) To reduce or cut down.
   • 1982, Ward's Auto World (volume 18, issues 1-6, page 65)

     Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.

   • 1996, Kevin Dowd, Getting Connected: The Internet at 56K and Up (page 25)

     By the end of the chapter, we will have (hopefully) skinnied the list of contenders further (perhaps there will be none left).

   • 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)

     Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."

English

Etymology

send +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(r)

Noun

sender (plural senders)

1. Someone who sends.

   The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.

2. A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.

Antonyms

• addressee
• receiver

Translations

Anagrams

• Enders, Rendes, denser, dreens, enders, resend

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan sendièra), from Vulgar Latin *semit?rius, from Latin semita (compare French sentier, Spanish sendero, Portuguese sendeiro, Italian sentiero). Attested from 1154.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?n?de/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen?de?/

Noun

sender m (plural senders)

1. footpath

Related terms

• senda
• sendera

See also

• viarany

References

Further reading

• “sender” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sender” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sender” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?r/, [?s?n?]

Etymology 1

From sende (“to transmit”) +? -er.

Noun

sender c (singular definite senderen, plural indefinite sendere)

1. transmitter
2. radio station

Inflection

Etymology 2

See sende (“to send, dispatch, broadcast, transmit”).

Verb

sender

1. present of sende

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sender

1. present tense of sende

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sender

1. present of senda