slim : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slim	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for slim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slim adj 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" Synonym(s): slender, slight, slim, svelte small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus" Synonym(s): slender, slim v take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] Antonym(s): gain, put on
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. [bd]That was a slim excuse.[b8] --Barrow. 3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. --Grose.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
slim n. A small, derivative change (e.g., to code).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
slim A small, derivative change (e.g. to code). (2003-05-13)