slim

Verb · Adjective

Synonyms: reduce melt off lose weight slenderize thin slim down slender slight svelte

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

take off weightSynonyms: reduce melt off lose weight slenderize thin slim down

Adjective (2)

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”Synonyms: slender slight svelte
small in quantity“slender wages”“a slim chance of winning”“a small surplus”Synonyms: slender

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Slim \Slim\ (sl[i^]m), a. [Compar. Slimmer; superl. Slimmest.] [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.]

1.Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]

2.Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. "That was a slim excuse." --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

3.Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. --Grose. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

SLIM

A VLSI language for translating DFA's into circuits. J.L. Hennessy, "SLIM: A Simulation and Implementation Language for VLSI Microcode", Lambda, Apr 1981, pp.20-28. [Jargon File]

slim

<jargon> A small, derivative change (e.g. to code).

(2003-05-13)

The Jargon File

slim n.

A small, derivative change (e.g., to code).