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slendered

slendered is the simple past and past participle of slender.

Meaning of slender

Verb

slender (third-person singular simple present slenders, present participle slendering, simple past and past participle slendered)

  1. (transitive) To attenuate.
    • Rolled-up sleeves bared her strong forearms, which slendered down when they came to the wrists and hands.1954, Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love, page 38

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Questions about slendered

What is slendered the simple past and past participle of?
Slendered is the simple past and past participle of slender.

Words near slendered in the dictionary

  1. slender-billed gull
  2. slender-billed gulls
  3. slender-bodied
  4. slender-horned gazelle
  5. slender-horned gazelles
  6. slendered
  7. slenderer
  8. slenderest
  9. slendering
  10. slenderish
  11. slenderization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slendered (page history and authors); slender (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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