slender adj

1 being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" [syn: slight, slim]

2 very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: thin]

3 having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"

4 small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: slim]

5 gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, supple, svelte, sylphlike]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

Adjective

slender

1. Thin; slim.

   A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.

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Translations

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