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