Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slender"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. {Slenderer}; superl.
{Slenderest}.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin,
slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen,
slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height;
not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
``A slender, choleric man.'' --Chaucer.

She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her
unadorned golden tresses wore. --Milton.

2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a
slender constitution.

Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope.

They have inferred much from slender premises. --J.
H. Newman.

The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne.

3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of
slender intelligence.

A slender degree of patience will enable him to
enjoy both the humor and the pathos. --Sir W.
Scott.

4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of
support; a slender pittance.

Frequent begging makes slender alms. --Fuller.

5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.

The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender
table with his presence. --Philips.

6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of
broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. --
{Slen"der*ly}, adv. -- {Slen"der*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

slender
adj 1: 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" [syn: {slight}, {slim}]
2: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: {thin}]
3: having little width in proportion to the length or height;
"a slender pole"
4: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: {slim}]
5: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissome},
{lissom}, {lithe}, {lithesome}, {supple}, {svelte}, {sylphlike}]


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