"slim down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: slims down [present, singular, third-person], slimming down [participle, present], slimmed down [participle, past], slimmed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slim down (third-person singular simple present slims down, present participle slimming down, simple past and past participle slimmed down)
  1. (ambitransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner. Tags: ambitransitive Synonyms: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, thin Translations (intransitive: to become thinner): odchudzać się [imperfective] (Polish), odchudzić się [perfective] (Polish), wyszczuplać się [imperfective] (Polish), wyszczuplić się [perfective] (Polish), zeszczuplać się [imperfective] (Polish), zeszczuplić się [perfective] (Polish), szczupleć [imperfective] (Polish), wyszczupleć [perfective] (Polish), zeszczupleć [perfective] (Polish) Translations (transitive: to reduce someone's weight): laihduttaa (Finnish), laihtua (Finnish), verschlanken (German), dineskar (Ido), odchudzać [imperfective] (Polish), odchudzić [perfective] (Polish), wyszczuplać [imperfective] (Polish), wyszczuplić [perfective] (Polish), zeszczuplać [imperfective] (Polish), zeszczuplić [perfective] (Polish), emagrecer (Portuguese), secar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-slim_down-en-verb-ZZPQLMrz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to become thinner': 94 6 Disambiguation of "transitive: to reduce someone's weight": 87 13
  2. (ambitransitive) To decrease in size or intensity. Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-slim_down-en-verb-UoQZsavq

Inflected forms

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