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SLENDERIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slenderize mean?
• SLENDERIZE (verb)
The verb SLENDERIZE has 2 senses:
1. make slender or appear to be slender
Familiarity information: SLENDERIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: slenderized
Past participle: slenderized
-ing form: slenderizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make slender or appear to be slender
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slenderise; slenderize
Context example:
slenderizing skirts
Hypernyms (to "slenderize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take off weight
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
melt off; reduce; slenderize; slim; slim down; thin
Hypernyms (to "slenderize" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slenderize"):
sweat off (lose weight by sweating)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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