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to slimming

to slimming

2 2.5
To become thinner by losing weight with diet or exercise
  • verb
  • /ˈslɪmɪŋ/
: adelgazar
  • She started jogging daily and found it was slimming her waist quickly.

So I clench a little bit and it just sort of helps the muscles slim my face down a bit.

Examples

  • The new workout routine is really slimming my body effectively.

  • It really is slimming my face.

  • So I think when you massage it, like everything just slims a lot.

  • So I clench a little bit and it just sort of helps the muscles slim my face down a bit.

    STEPHANIE TOMS

  • If you're wanting to sort of draw in your cheeks, kind of slim the face a little bit, you can do that as well.

  • And then I go on the hairline here because I find that when you apply it to the sides of the face here, it kind of slims down the face a little bit.

  • I'm kind of keeping on the perimeter of the face and you can see how that's warmed that up already and that's helping to just slim down the face.

  • Eating healthy meals is helping me slimming down for the summer.

Synonyms

to diet
vsto slimming
33 3.3

To eat less and control what you eat usually to lose weight or improve health

is the result of losing weight rather than the eating plan itself
to slim
vsto slimming
25 2.4

To become thinner by losing fat

is about losing mass mainly through diet or exercise
to slim down
vsto slimming
12 3.0

To lose weight and become thinner

focuses on becoming thinner through diet or exercise rather than other causes
to lose fat
vsto slimming
12 3.0

To reduce the fat on your body by eating less and exercising

covers general weight loss and body size change rather than fat only
to reduce
vsto slimming
1 2.9

To lose body weight

stresses becoming thinner specifically by diet or exercise
to slenderize
vsto slimming
1 7.3

Make someone or something look thinner

refers to true weight loss through diet or exercise rather than just appearance

Antonyms

weight gaining
38 4.4

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

fattening
19 3.2

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

How Thin

to waste away
29 5.5
to slimming
2 2.5
to lose fat
12 3.0
to slim down
12 3.0
to trim down
7 3.4

Surface Forms

slimming infinitive
slimmed past
slimmed past participle
slimming present participle
slims third person singular

Morphology

slimming = slim (transparent) = slim + ing

Standard present-participle/progressive formation from the verb 'slim' indicating ongoing action or process.

Etymology

The verb slimming is built from slim ('thin') plus the ending -ing that shows action. It means becoming thinner or causing someone to become thinner, so if someone is slimming they are losing weight.