Slimming
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Slimming is an adjective meaning Making a person seem or become slimmer.
Meaning
Making a person seem or become slimmer.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of slim
- The process of making or becoming slimmer.
Example Sentences
That dress is very slimming on you.
He's trying to lose weight by drinking slimming tea.
She bought the jeans without trying them on because the salesperson said they were slimming.
We have become accustomed to Thatcherite slimmings of the system — massive ward closures punctuated from time to time by the royal opening of an Aids unit for ten patients, but here is something new.
Word Forms
- slimmings
Antonyms for slimming
Common opposites include fattening.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include downsizing, streamlining, diet, reduced, reductive, extenuate.
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