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slimmed down

slimmed down is the simple past and past participle of slim down.

Meaning of slim down

Verb

slim down (third-person singular simple present slims down, present participle slimming down, simple past and past participle slimmed down)

  1. (ambitransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner.
    Synonyms:
    lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, thin
    Antonyms:
    gain, put on
  2. (ambitransitive) To decrease in size or intensity.
    • The organization has slimmed down and cut back on its education programming, but the Jazz Market remains a critical gathering place in Central City, and the orchestra is more tightly bonded than before.2019 May 28, Giovanni Russonello, “After a Scandal, the New Orleans Jazz Market Rises Again”, in The New York Times

Questions about slimmed down

What is slimmed down the simple past and past participle of?
Slimmed down is the simple past and past participle of slim down.

Words near slimmed down in the dictionary

  1. Slimlandia
  2. slimline
  3. slimlined
  4. slimly
  5. slimmed
  6. slimmed down
  7. slimmer
  8. slimmers
  9. slimmest
  10. slimming
  11. slimming down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slimmed down (page history and authors); slim down (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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