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comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest
Slender, thin.
(of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way. examples
(by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim. examples
(of an object) Long and narrow. examples
(of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient. examples
(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny. quotations examples
Wolves' debatable third in the last 10 minutes, with the ball only crossing the line by the slimmest of margins if at all, ensured a cracking finale, although City would have been left aggrieved had they let the win slip.
2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC
(rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy. examples
(South Africa, obsolete in UK) Sly, crafty.
plural slims
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes. examples
(Ireland, regional) A potato farl. examples
(East Africa, uncountable) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages. quotations examples
As in the West, only about 50 per cent of patients with slim fully investigated will have a putative pathogen identified.
2003, Charled F. Gilks, “HIV in the Developing World”, in David A. Warrell et al., editors, Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 4th edition, volume 1, page 446
(slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
third-person singular simple present slims, present participle slimming, simple past and past participle slimmed
(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness. examples
(transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size. examples