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Word: Slim
Speech Type: Verb
mid 17th century: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim ‘lazy or worthless person’; compare with the South African usage ‘crafty, sly’ (slim (sense 3 of the adjective))
slɪm
make oneself thinner, especially by dieting
Short Definition:make oneself thinner by dieting
Examples:- if he's overweight, he should slim
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