What does slim mean?
Definitions for slim
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word slim.
Princeton's WordNet
slender, slight, slim, svelteadjective
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"
slender, slimverb
small in quantity
"slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim downverb
take off weight
Wiktionary
slimnoun
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes
I only smoke slims.
slimnoun
AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages
slimnoun
Cocaine; white lady.
slimverb
To lose weight in order to achieve slimness
slimadjective
Slender: thin in an attractive way.
Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.
slimadjective
Of a low degree of probability
slimadjective
tiny, very small.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Slimadverb
A cant word as it seems, and therefore not to be used. Slender; thin of shape.
A thin slim-gutted fox made a hard shift to wriggle his body into a henroost; and when he had stuft his guts well, squeezed hard to get out again; but the hole was too little. Roger L'Estrange.
I was jogg’d on the elbow by a slim young girl of seventeen. Addison.
Wikipedia
SLIM
SLIM is developed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) and is a slitless spectroscopy simulator programme created to produce simulated ACS grism and prism images. It is written in Python programming language and covers all spectral elements available in the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) installed on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). It was created to generate data that is both geometrically and photometrically realistic and is appropriate to the slitless spectroscopic modes of the ACS.
ChatGPT
slim
Slim generally refers to something or someone that is gracefully thin, slender or narrow in size or width. It could also refer to a small amount or likelihood. The term can be used to describe physical appearance, probabilities, or objects, among others.
Webster Dictionary
Slim
worthless; bad
Slim
weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument
Slim
of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree
Etymology: [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.]
Wikidata
SLIM
SLIM is developed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility and is a slitless spectroscopy simulator programme created to produce simulated ACS grism and prism images. It is written in Python programming language and covers all spectral elements available in the Advanced Camera for Surveys installed on board the Hubble Space Telescope. It was created to generate data that is both geometrically and photometrically realistic and is appropriate to the slitless spectroscopic modes of the ACS.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Slim
slim, adj. (comp. Slim′mer, superl. Slim′mest) very thin, weak, slender: slight, trivial, unsubstantial: delicate: crafty.—adv. Slim′ly.—adj. Slim′mish, somewhat slim.—n. Slim′ness.—adj. Slim′sy (U.S.), frail, flimsy. [Old Low Ger. slim, crafty; Dan. slem, worthless, Ger. schlimm, bad.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
slim
A small, derivative change (e.g., to code).
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SLIM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Slim is ranked #27845 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Slim surname appeared 862 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Slim.
61.4% or 530 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
26.4% or 228 total occurrences were White.
6.6% or 57 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.2% or 28 total occurrences were Black.
1.5% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'slim' in Adjectives Frequency: #869
Anagrams for slim »
SMIL
mils
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slim in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of slim in a Sentence
Consumers see slim cans as more sophisticated, which makes them feel more sophisticated, for people who spend $3 for a mushroom elixir, they want the package to signal trendy too.
We have a very slim majority in the House and in the Senate. You need every single member of the Senate to support legislation moving forward.
Frankly, I think the chances of having a happy childhood while you're still a kid going through it are pretty slim.
One day, [Stephen] came downstairs, i turned around and looked at him, and I said, ‘What have you done?’ He was suddenly looking very slim … he said, ‘I think I lost 8 or 10 pounds.’.
With a slim chance of making a profit in this market, money is not following in.
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- نحيف, معتدل البنيه, نحيل, أهيفArabic
- incəAzerbaijani
- primCatalan, Valencian
- štíhlýCzech
- slank, tyndDanish
- schlankGerman
- sveltaEsperanto
- flaco, enflacar, enflaquecerse, adelgazarse, enflaquecer, delgadoSpanish
- باریکPersian
- hoikka, laihaFinnish
- maigrir, mincir, minceFrench
- caol, seangScottish Gaelic
- पतलाHindi
- vékony, karcsúHungarian
- langsing, rampingIndonesian
- dineskar, dinaIdo
- dimagrire, magro, affusolato, snelloItalian
- ほっそりJapanese
- graciliLatin
- tievs, slaidsLatvian
- слаб, слабее, тенокMacedonian
- diëten, afslanken, dun, aan de lijn doen, slank, lijnen, vermagerenDutch
- slankNorwegian
- szczupłyPolish
- emagrecer, delgado, esbelto, esguio, magroPortuguese
- subţireRomanian
- стройныйRussian
- mršav, vitakSerbo-Croatian
- smalSwedish
- సన్నబడుTelugu
- inceTurkish
- پتلاUrdu
- lunedikVolapük
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