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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 slenderplay

2. take off weightplay

  Familiarity information: SLENDERIZE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLENDERIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they slenderize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it slenderizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: slenderized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: slenderized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: slenderizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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