slim.html - noun
Also written slim (Health and Fitness) (More fully, Slim disease): the name used in Africa for Aids. Etymology: So named because of the severe weight loss associated with the disease. History and Usage: For history, see Aids . The disease probably originated in Africa and reached epidemic proportions in some African countries during the eighties, but the problems of these countries were less widely publicized in the West than the corresponding difficulties of the US and decommunized countries like Romania in dealing with Aids . A new disease has recently been recognised in rural Uganda. Because the major symptoms are weight loss and diarrhoea, it is known locally as slim disease. Lancet 19 Oct. 1985, p.
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lite...who have most money to spend on womanising, it is this group which is suffering the worst ravages of Slim. Independent on Sunday 1 Apr. 1990, Sunday Review section, p. 10

slim.html - adj., v., & n. --adj.

(slimmer, slimmest)
1 a of small girth or thickness, of long narrow shape. b gracefully thin, slenderly built. c not fat or overweight.
2 small, insufficient (a slim chance of success).
3 clever, artful, crafty, unscrupulous.

--v.

(slimmed, slimming)
1 intr. make oneself slimmer by dieting, exercise, etc.
2 tr. make slim or slimmer.

--n.

a course of slimming.

slimly adv. slimmer n. slimming n. & adj. slimmish adj. slimness n. [LG or Du. f. Gmc]

slim.html - n. & v.
--n.

thick slippery mud or a substance of similar consistency, e.g. liquid bitumen or a mucus exuded by fish etc.

--v.

tr. cover with slime.

slime mould a spore-bearing micro-organism secreting slime. [OE slim f. Gmc, rel. to L limus mud, Gk limne marsh]

slim.html - adj.
of slender design.

slim.html - adj.
(slimier, slimiest)
1 of the consistency of slime.
2 covered, smeared with, or full of slime.
3 disgustingly dishonest, meek, or flattering.
4 slippery, hard to hold.

slimily adv. sliminess n.

slim.html - {v.}, {slang} To serve food, especially in a cheap, small diner, a drive-in, or short-order restaurant. * /Jake got a job slinging hash at the new drive-in restaurant./ * /Jody earned money for college by slinging hash in a restaurant during the summer./ Compare: SHORT-ORDER COOK.