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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
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toned
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??nd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /to?nd/
Verb
toned
- simple past tense and past participle of tone
Adjective
toned (comparative more toned, superlative most toned)
- Having a (specified kind of) tone.
- high-toned
- sweet-toned
- Having defined or firm muscles; fit
Derived terms
- toned paper
Anagrams
- Doten, d-note, dento-, noted
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