"slim down" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "slims down",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimming down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimmed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimmed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gain"
        },
        {
          "word": "put on"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis": "77 23",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce weight; to make or become thinner."
      ],
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          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "thinner",
          "thinner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lose weight"
        },
        {
          "word": "melt off"
        },
        {
          "word": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "word": "slenderize"
        },
        {
          "word": "slim"
        },
        {
          "word": "thin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
          "word": "laihduttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
          "word": "laihtua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
          "word": "dineskar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
          "word": "emagrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
          "word": "secar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 28, Giovanni Russonello, “After a Scandal, the New Orleans Jazz Market Rises Again”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The organization has slimmed down and cut back on its education programming, but the Jazz Market remains a critical gathering place in Central City, and the orchestra is more tightly bonded than before.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "He does have the title, though, and the colorful ceremony — however slimmed-down it was purported to be — played to the emotional attachment to the country and history of his subjects, at least those who showed up and tuned in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decrease in size or intensity."
      ],
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          "transitive"
        ],
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          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "intensity",
          "intensity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To decrease in size or intensity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slim down"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slims down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimming down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimmed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimmed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gain"
        },
        {
          "word": "put on"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce weight; to make or become thinner."
      ],
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "thinner",
          "thinner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lose weight"
        },
        {
          "word": "melt off"
        },
        {
          "word": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "word": "slenderize"
        },
        {
          "word": "slim"
        },
        {
          "word": "thin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 28, Giovanni Russonello, “After a Scandal, the New Orleans Jazz Market Rises Again”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The organization has slimmed down and cut back on its education programming, but the Jazz Market remains a critical gathering place in Central City, and the orchestra is more tightly bonded than before.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "He does have the title, though, and the colorful ceremony — however slimmed-down it was purported to be — played to the emotional attachment to the country and history of his subjects, at least those who showed up and tuned in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decrease in size or intensity."
      ],
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          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "intensity",
          "intensity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To decrease in size or intensity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
      "word": "laihduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
      "word": "laihtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
      "word": "dineskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
      "word": "emagrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner",
      "word": "secar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slim down"
}