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 Definitions of slender  [ˈslɛn dər]  

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Definition of 'slender' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) slender
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
a slender post.

2.  slender
thin or slight; light and graceful:
slender youths.

3.  slender
small in size, amount, extent, etc.; meager:
a slender income.

4.  slender
having little value, force, or justification:
slender prospects.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME s(c)lendre, of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'slender' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) slender, slight, slim, svelte
being of delicate or slender build
"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

2. (adj) slender, thin
very narrow
"a thin line across the page"

3. (adj) slender
having little width in proportion to the length or height
"a slender pole"

4. (adj) slender, slim
small in quantity
"slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"

5. (adj) lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike
moving and bending with ease


Definition of 'slender' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) slender
thin in an attractive way
a slender young dancer


Definition of 'slender' Webster Dictionary 

1.  slender
small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant

2.  slender
weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution

3.  slender
moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence

4.  slender
small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance

5.  slender
spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet

6.  slender
uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i


Translation of 'slender' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: thin, slim or narrow.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: slank Arabic flag Arabic: مَمْشوق، نَحيف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: строен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esguio Czech flag Czech: štíhlý, tenký, úzký German flag German: schmal
Danish flag Danish: slank Greek flag Greek: λεπτός, στενός Spanish flag Spanish: delgado, esbelto, fino
Estonian flag Estonian: sale Farsi flag Farsi: لاغر Finnish flag Finnish: hoikka
French flag French: mince, svelte Hebrew flag Hebrew: דַק Hindi flag Hindi: छरहरा, इकहरा
Croatian flag Croatian: vitak, tanak Hungarian flag Hungarian: karcsú Indonesian flag Indonesian: ramping
Icelandic flag Icelandic: grannur Italian flag Italian: snello, sottile Japanese flag Japanese: 細い
Korean flag Korean: 가느다란 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lieknas Latvian flag Latvian: tievs; slaids
Malay flag Malay: halus Dutch flag Dutch: slank Norwegian flag Norwegian: slank, smal, tynn
Polish flag Polish: wysmukły Persian flag Persian: لاغر Pashto flag Pashto: نرى، جګ نرى، ترنځ: سپك، ب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esguio Romanian flag Romanian: subţire, zvelt Russian flag Russian: тонкий, стройный
Slovak flag Slovak: štíhly Slovenian flag Slovenian: vitek Serbian flag Serbian: vitak
Swedish flag Swedish: smärt, slank, smäcker Thai flag Thai: เรียวยาว Turkish flag Turkish: ince, narin
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 修長的,苗條的,纖細的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тонкий, стрункий Urdu flag Urdu: پتلا، دبلا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mảnh khảnh, thon thả Chinese flag Chinese: 苗条的,细长的

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