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slimming

slimming

2 2.8
The process of losing weight to become thinner
  • noun
  • /ˈslɪmɪŋ/
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  • I worked as a consultant for a very well-known slimming club here in the UK, and I was amazed at how few members managed to lose—and keep off—any weight.
  • slimming secrets
  • slimming pills
  • body-slimming

Like you found fitness as a way of slimming down and empowering yourself.

Examples

  • This is definitely because there are many companies producing slimming solutions and products that are considered best for slimming.

    Blog text (18)

  • You're not taking those slimming pills, are you?

    My Life Without Me (2003)

  • I've been back on the Slimming World plan for a month now, and it's going pretty well.

    Blog text (30)

  • The popular weight loss programme Slimming World uses the metric of 'syns' to assist participants with regulating their diet.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Media representations of ideal female forms are consistently underweight, and there is currently enormous popular interest in weight loss, slimming techniques, and the like in the United States.

    Academic text (2001)

  • I have never starved myself, never been bulimic, never used slimming tablets, laxatives, or diuretics, or altered my diet in any way.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Following a strict dieting plan can greatly assist in the slimming process.

  • She joined a slimming group to help her lose weight effectively.

  • Regular exercise is an important part of any slimming regime.

Synonyms

dieting
vsslimming
29 2.5

Restricting what and how much you eat to lose weight or be healthier

covers the whole weight loss process including exercise and treatments not only food restriction

Antonyms

weight gaining
12 4.4

A period of eating and training to add body weight, often muscle

fattening
1 3.2

Food that makes people or animals gain weight because it has many calories

Surface Forms

slimming singular
slimmings plural

Morphology

slimming = slim (transparent) = slim + ing

A gerundial noun formed from the verb 'slim' with '-ing', denoting the process of losing weight.

Etymology

Slimming comes from slim meaning 'thin' and the ending -ing meaning 'action' or 'process'. So slimming as a noun is the process or plan to become thinner, like a slimming program.