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▪ I. slimming, ppl. a.|ˈslɪmɪŋ|
[f. slim v. + -ing2.]
Producing an appearance of slimness; conducive to slimness.
1925Daily Express 18 Nov. 6/3 The Lord Chamberlain took out the words ‘slimming over the hips’, which is a phrase used every day by fashionable costumiers. 1927Daily Chron. 29 Mar. 15/4 Orange juice with a dash of gin in it..is said to be slimming! 1952Observer 14 Sept. 8/6 Youthlines ‘1980’. The so-slimming girdle in marvellous American Leno. 1980Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 19/3 Slimming Nehru jackets, buttoned close to the throat.
▪ II. slimming, vbl. n.|ˈslɪmɪŋ|
[f. slim v. + -ing1.]
a. The practice of using special means, such as dieting and exercises, to produce slimness of body. Also fig.
1931Galsworthy Maid-in-Waiting xi. 101 Perhaps the young of today will nevah grow fat. They do slimming—ah-ha! 1958Spectator 7 Feb. 165/1 If such a drastic slimming is to be enforced on agriculture, there is little doubt that [etc.]. 1974Times 17 Apr. 10/5 A medical view of slimming. 1982Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 13/2 The slimming of prime rates brought investors back in force late in the session.
b. attrib. (passing into adj.)
1932Times 1 Feb. 9/3 She was a bit exercised about getting too stout and might have been going in for ‘slimming’ exercises as sometimes ladies did. 1951M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 154/1 The plump wife who went off for a prolonged slimming course. 1979A. Morice Murder in Outline x. 85 She was taking slimming pills... She was..worried about her weight. |