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slimming down

slimming down is the present participle and gerund 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 slimming down

What is slimming down the present participle and gerund of?
Slimming down is the present participle and gerund of slim down.

Words near slimming down in the dictionary

  1. slimmed down
  2. slimmer
  3. slimmers
  4. slimmest
  5. slimming
  6. slimming down
  7. slimmings
  8. slimmish
  9. slimnastic
  10. slimnastics
  11. slimness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slimming 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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