slenderizev.
/ˈslɛndərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈslɛndəˌraɪz/ 1. intransitive. To make oneself slender, to slim.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (intransitive)]
reduce1798
slenderize1923
slim1930
to lose weight1961
1923 Weekly Disp. 4 Feb. 15/5 A slight figure will be more essential than ever. ‘You must slenderise,’ said one, coining a useful word.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 11/5 (advt.) Starting age 6 yrs. Slenderize. Charm... Clover Lodge [establishment for overweight girls].
2. transitive. To make (something) slender, to make (the figure) appear slender. Also absol.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (transitive)]
slenderize1923
slighten1954
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > make slender [verb (transitive)]
attenuate1530
slender1559
tenuate1656
fine-draw1701
slim1862
slenderize1946
1923 Daily Mail 21 Mar. 6/1 (advt.) Corsets for slenderising full figures.
1927 Observer 16 Oct. 5 Here each mode is characterised, not only by authentic fashion-knowledge but by supreme regard for slenderizing line.
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 May 12/1 He brought it down to within a few inches of the ground, slenderized the column on which it hangs in merry-go-round fashion.
1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour i. 11/1 Lines for the ‘Viking’ type are a problem. You'll want those which slenderise without adding height.
Derivatives
ˈslenderizer n.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > that which makes
reducer1857
slenderizer1935
1935 Amer. Speech 10 192/2 Black velvet, we find, is the best slenderizer.
ˈslenderizing adj.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > making
weight-reducing1922
slimming1925
slenderizing1927
weight-watching1970
weight-conscious1974
1927 Daily Express 9 Sept. 5/5 There is the high straight line that is suited to the office frock, and the graceful slenderising V-cut accentuated by removable front of deep ivory crêpe-de-chine.
1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 15/4 Chefs are searching their brains for the slenderising sweet that will tempt both men and women diners.
1958 People 4 May 7/1 (advt.) A most flattering and slenderising style.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 10/2 (advt.) The jacket is a little longer. It continues the slenderizing effect of the waist.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. b12/1 I made a slenderizing lunch of cottage cheese and grapefruit sections.
ˈslenderizing n.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > making
thinningc1000
lensingc1175
slenderizing1932
weight-reducing1958
1932 Woman & Beauty Apr. 87/1 (advt.) Slenderizing. Free book tells how you can become slim.
1969 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 17 The skirt does a slenderising job where most women want to look slim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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