Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slim"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slim \Slim\, 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.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slim
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: {slender}, {slight}]
2: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: {slender}]
v : take off weight [syn: {reduce}, {melt off}, {lose weight}, {slenderize},
{thin}, {slim down}] [ant: {gain}]
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