slim Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take off weight
    melt off; slenderize; reduce; slim down; lose weight; thin.
  2. adjective satellite being of delicate or slender build
    svelte; slender; slight.
    • 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
  3. adjective satellite small in quantity
    slender.
    • slender wages
    • a slim chance of winning
    • a small surplus

WordNet

Slim adjective
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.
Wordforms
comparative Slimmer ; superlative Slimmest
Definitions
  1. Worthless; bad. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
  2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. "That was a slim excuse." Barrow.
  3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.

Webster 1913