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slenderize

slenderize verb: to make more slender.

Verb

slenderize (third-person singular simple present slenderizes, present participle slenderizing, simple past and past participle slenderized)

  1. (transitive) To make more slender.
    • There’s no sugar-coating it: this direct-injection V-6 seems a compromise, a slenderized version of the CTS’s 3.6-liter.2009 July 26, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Redesign Aims Lower and Yet Comes Up Short”, in New York Times
    • You will sequence through upper and lower-body exercises that are designed to lift, reduce, and slenderize your hips, thighs, and booty while giving you sleek, sexy arms!2011, Amy Cotta, Six Weeks to Skinny Jeans, page 10

Forms of slenderize

third-person singular presentslenderizes
present participleslenderizing
past participleslenderized
pastslenderized

Origin of slenderize

From slender + -ize.

Questions about slenderize

What does slenderize mean?
Slenderize means to make more slender.
What part of speech is slenderize?
Slenderize is a verb.
What is the past tense of slenderize?
The past tense of slenderize is slenderized.

Words near slenderize in the dictionary

  1. slenderer
  2. slenderest
  3. slendering
  4. slenderish
  5. slenderization
  6. slenderize
  7. slenderized
  8. slenderizes
  9. slenderizing
  10. slenderly
  11. slenderness

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