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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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, slim, svelte]
    2: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
       winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: slender, slim]
    v 1: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight,
         slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain,
         put on]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
slim
 n.

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


4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
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]


5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
slim

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

   (2003-05-13)


Thesaurus Results for slim:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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