different between slim vs bony
slim
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Details on sense development -- how did we get from "bad" to "favorably thin"?”)Borrowing from Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever”), from Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”), from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare Dutch slim (“smart, clever, crafty”) Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), German schlimm (“bad”), West Frisian slim (“bad, dire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Adjective
slim (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest)
- Slender, thin.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.
- (rural, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (South Africa, obsolete in Britain) Sly, crafty.
Synonyms
- (slender in an attractive way.): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
- (clothing):
- (long and narrow): fine, stalky, sticklike, thin, virgate
- (reduced workforce):
- (tiny; of something abstract): infinitesimal, marginal; see also Thesaurus:tiny
- (of questionable quality): flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
- (crafty): cunning, frood; see also Thesaurus:wily
Translations
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Noun
slim (plural slims)
- A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
- I only smoke slims.
- (Ireland, regional) A potato farl.
- (East Africa, uncountable) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
- (slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
Alternative forms
- (AIDS): Slim
Verb
slim (third-person singular simple present slims, present participle slimming, simple past and past participle slimmed)
- (intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
- (transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.
Translations
Anagrams
- MILs, MLIS, MSIL, SMIL, mils, misl
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse slím (“slime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sli?m/, [sli??m]
Noun
slim c or n (singular definite slimen or slimet, uncountable)
- slime
- mucus
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch slim, slem, slimp, slemp, from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”), compare German schlimm (“bad”), English slim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?m/
- Hyphenation: slim
- Rhymes: -?m
Adjective
slim (comparative slimmer, superlative slimst)
- intelligent, bright
- clever, smart
- (now dialectal, Eastern Dutch) wrong, incorrect, bad
Inflection
Synonyms
- intelligent
- scherpzinnig
- schrander
- sluw
Derived terms
- slimheid
- slimmerd
- slimmerik
- slimmigheid
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse slím
Noun
slim n (definite singular slimet, uncountable)
- mucus, phlegm
- slime
Derived terms
- slimhinne
References
- “slim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “slim_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse slím
Noun
slim n (definite singular slimet, uncountable)
- mucus, phlegm
- slime
Derived terms
- slimhinne
References
- “slim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sl?m/
Adjective
slim
- bad
- dire
- difficult
Inflection
Further reading
- “slim (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
slim From the web:
- what slime mean
- what slime
- what slimes are sensitive to light
- what slims your face
- what slim mean
- what slim shady means
- what slime likes the beach ball
- what slime should i make
bony
English
Alternative forms
- boney
Etymology
From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bo?ni/
- Rhymes: -??ni
Adjective
bony (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)
- resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
- full of bones
- with little flesh; skinny, thin
- having prominent bones
Translations
Anagrams
- NOYB
Catalan
Etymology
Unknown. Probably of pre-Roman origin.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bo?/
Noun
bony m (plural bonys)
- bulk, lump, bump
Derived terms
- bonyegut
- bunyol
Further reading
- “bony” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
bony From the web:
- what bony process creates the cheekbone
- what bony feature is labeled i
- what bony fish are most threatened
- what bony cavity protects the brain
- what bony prominences are apophysis
- what bony prominence area apophysis
- what body cavity protects the brain
- what bony structure protects the brain
you may also like
- slim vs bony
- bony vs cartilaginous
- bob vs bony
- bony vs hard
- bony vs flashy
- emaciated vs bony
- bony vs skin
- lamprey vs bony
- maceration vs emaciated
- maceration vs infusion
- maceration vs percolation
- excoration vs maceration
- emaceration vs maceration
- maceration vs laceration
- maceration vs rot
- parrying vs agility
- terms vs parrying
- parrying vs parfrying
- parrying vs harrying
- parring vs parrying