slim
♦ slim /sl'ɪm/ (slimmer slimmest slims slimming slimmed)
1 [ADJ]
A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
The young woman was tall and slim...
Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
2 [VERB] V, also V n
If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.
Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim...
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P n
Slim down means the same as slim.
Doctors have told Benny to slim down.
...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities...
4 [ADJ]
A slim chance or possibility is a very small one.
There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.
= faint
5 [VERB] V n
If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. (BUSINESS)
The company recently slimmed its product line.slim down
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P n (not pron)
If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down, it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient. (BUSINESS)
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
...the plan to slim down the coal industry.
2
see slim 2
1 [ADJ]
A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
The young woman was tall and slim...
Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
2 [VERB] V, also V n
If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.
Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim...
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P n
Slim down means the same as slim.
Doctors have told Benny to slim down.
...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities...
4 [ADJ]
A slim chance or possibility is a very small one.
There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.
= faint
5 [VERB] V n
If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. (BUSINESS)
The company recently slimmed its product line.slim down
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P n (not pron)
If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down, it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient. (BUSINESS)
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
...the plan to slim down the coal industry.
2
see slim 2