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Definition of Slender

1. Adjective. Being of delicate or slender build. "Watched her slight figure cross the street"

2. Adjective. Very narrow. "A thin line across the page"

3. Adjective. Having little width in proportion to the length or height. "A slender pole"

4. Adjective. Small in quantity. "A small surplus"

5. Adjective. Moving and bending with ease.

Definition of Slender

1. a. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

Definition of Slender

1. thin [adj -DERER, -DEREST] - See also: thin

Medical Definition of Slender

1. 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." "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. Uttered with a thin tone; the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. Slen"derly, Slen"derness. Origin: OE. Slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. Slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. Slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. Akin to E. Slide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slender

sleeziest sleezy sleided sleigh sleighed sleigher sleighers sleighing sleighs sleight

sleights sleight of hand sleigh bed sleigh bell slender (current term) slender (current term) slender-tailed meerkat slender-waisted slenderer slenderest

slenderise slenderize slenderized slenderizes slenderizing slenderly slenderness slendernesses slender centaury slender fasciculus

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