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2 VERB If you are slimming , you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food. □ [V ] Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim. [Also V n] ● PHRASAL VERB Slim down means the same as slim . □ [V P ] Doctors have told Benny to slim down. □ [V P n] …salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual. □  The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities.

4 ADJ A slim chance or possibility is a very small one. □  There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.

5 VERB If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n] The company recently slimmed its product line.

▸  slim down

1 PHRASAL VERB If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down , it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient. [BUSINESS ] □ [V P ] Many firms have had little choice but to slim down. □ [V P n] …the plan to slim down the coal industry. [Also V n P ]

2 → see slim 2 SYNONYMS slim ADJ 1

thin:He was a tall, thin man with grey hair.

slender:She was slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.

slight:She is smaller and slighter than Christie.

lean:Like most athletes, she was lean and muscular.

slime /sla I m/ N‑UNCOUNT Slime is a thick, wet substance which covers a surface or comes from the bodies of animals such as snails. □  There was an unappealing film of slime on top of the pond.

slim|line /sl I mla I n/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Slimline objects are thinner or narrower than normal ones. □  The slimline diary fits easily into a handbag.

slimy /sla I mi/ (slimier , slimiest )

1 ADJ Slimy substances are thick, wet, and unpleasant. Slimy objects are covered in a slimy substance. □  His feet slipped in the slimy mud.

2 ADJ If you describe someone as slimy , you dislike them because they are friendly and pleasant in an insincere way. [BRIT , INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  I've worked hard for what I have and I don't want it taken away by some slimy business partner.

sling /sl I ŋ/ (slings , slinging , slung )

1 VERB If you sling something somewhere, you throw it there carelessly. □ [V n prep/adv] I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat.

2 VERB If you sling something over your shoulder or over something such as a chair, you hang it there loosely. □ [V n prep] She slung her coat over her desk chair. □ [V -ed prep] He had a small green rucksack slung over one shoulder.

3 VERB [usu passive] If a rope, blanket, or other object is slung between two points, someone has hung it loosely between them. □ [be V -ed prep] …two long poles with a blanket slung between them.

4 N‑COUNT A sling is an object made of ropes, straps, or cloth that is used for carrying things. □ [+ of ] They used slings of rope to lower us from one set of arms to another.

5 N‑COUNT A sling is a piece of cloth which supports someone's broken or injured arm and is tied round their neck. □  She was back at work with her arm in a sling.

6 → see also mud-slinging

sling|shot /sl I ŋʃɒt/ (slingshots ) N‑COUNT A slingshot is a catapult . [AM ]

slink /sl I ŋk/ (slinks , slinking , slunk ) VERB If you slink somewhere, you move there quietly because you do not want to be seen. □ [V adv/prep] He decided that he couldn't just slink away, so he went and sat next to his wife.