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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: slim n. A small derivative change (e.g., to code). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: slim A small derivative change (e.g. to code).
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