slim

adjective8

1. •
   thin, with little fat on the body
2. •
   Slender in an attractive way.

   • Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.
3. •
   Long and narrow.
4. •
   Very small, tiny.

   • I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.
   • Juries who will convict on the slimmest evidence.
5. •
   Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
6. •
   Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
7. •
   (Scotland, Northern-England) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

   • a slimly-made cart.
8. •
   (South-Africa) Sly, crafty.

noun4

1. •
   A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

   • I only smoke slims.
2. •
   AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

   • As in the West, only about 50 per cent of patients with slim fully investigated will have a putative pathogen identified. — 2003
3. •
   (slang) Cocaine.
4. •
   (Ireland) A potato farl.

verb2

1. •
   To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.
2. •
   To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of short linear motif.