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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl.
     Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin,
     slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen,
     slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
     1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height;
        not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
        ``A slender, choleric man.'' --Chaucer.
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              She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
              Her unadorned golden tresses wore.    --Milton.
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     2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a
        slender constitution.
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              Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope.
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              They have inferred much from slender premises. --J.
                                                    H. Newman.
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              The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne.
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     3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of
        slender intelligence.
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              A slender degree of patience will enable him to
              enjoy both the humor and the pathos.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of
        support; a slender pittance.
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              Frequent begging makes slender alms.  --Fuller.
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     5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
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              The good Ostorius often deigned
              To grace my slender table with his presence.
                                                    --Philips.
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     6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of
        broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
        [1913 Webster] -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness,
        n.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slender \Slen"der\, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl.
     Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin,
     slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen,
     slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
     1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height;
        not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
        ``A slender, choleric man.'' --Chaucer.
  
              She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her
              unadorned golden tresses wore.        --Milton.
  
     2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a
        slender constitution.
  
              Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope.
  
              They have inferred much from slender premises. --J.
                                                    H. Newman.
  
              The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne.
  
     3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of
        slender intelligence.
  
              A slender degree of patience will enable him to
              enjoy both the humor and the pathos.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of
        support; a slender pittance.
  
              Frequent begging makes slender alms.  --Fuller.
  
     5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
  
              The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender
              table with his presence.              --Philips.
  
     6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of
        broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. --
        Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  slender
       adj 1: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a
              willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl
              with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure
              cross the street" [syn: slight, slim]
       2: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: thin]
       3: having little width in proportion to the length or height;
          "a slender pole"
       4: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
          winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: slim]
       5: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome,
           lissom, lithe, lithesome, supple, svelte, sylphlike]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slender
     a.
     thin; slim.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  slender
     a.
     thin; slim.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  slender
     a.
     thin; slim.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  slender
     a.
     thin; slim.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slender
     Englanti a.
     hoikka

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slender
     Engelska a.
     slank, smärt, smäcker

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  slender /slˈɛndə/
  1. dun, maer
  2. skraal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Slender /slˈɛndə/
  رشيق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  slender //ˈslɛndə// //ˈslɛndɚ// 
  стро́ен, тъ́нък
  thin