Dictionary

slimming en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Making a person seem or become slimmer.
   • She bought the jeans without trying them on because the salesperson said they were slimming.
   • He's trying to lose weight by drinking slimming tea.
   • That dress is very slimming on you.

Forms

Antonyms

fattening

Translations (14)

cmn 苗條的 /苗条的 (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · cmn 保持身材苗條的 /保持身材苗条的 (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · fi laihduttava (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · da slankende (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · pt emagrecedor (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · cmn 健美的 (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · cmn 減肥的 /减肥的 (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · tr zayıflatıcı (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · tr inceleştirici (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · cmn 塑身衣的 (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · cmn 顯瘦的 /显瘦的 (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · tr sıkılaştırıcı (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · ar مُنَحِّف (making a person seem or becoming slimmer) · tr inceltici (making a person seem or becoming slimmer)

slimming en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of making or becoming slimmer.
   • 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. 1990, The New Law Journal (volume 139, part 1, page 130)

Forms

slimming en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of slim
   form of slim