'Slender' definitions:

Definition of 'slender'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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: slender, slight, slim, svelte]
adjective
Very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender, thin]
adjective
Having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"
adjective
Small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: slender, slim]
adjective
Moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]

Definition of 'Slender'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. [1913 Webster]
  • Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • They have inferred much from slender premises. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
  • The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. [1913 Webster]
  • A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. [1913 Webster]
  • Frequent begging makes slender alms. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. [1913 Webster]
  • The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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