Definition of slender Slender

/slɛˈndɚ/ - [slender] - slen•der

We found 17 definitions of slender from 6 different sources.

What does slender mean?

Adjective slender, slenderer, slenderest
slender - 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"
		slight, slim, svelte
		lean, thin not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
slender - small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
		slim
		little, small small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"
slender - very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
		thin
		narrow limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"
slender - having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"
		thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
slender - moving and bending with ease
		lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, supple, svelte, sylphlike
		graceful characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

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slender (superl.)
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
slender (superl.)
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
slender (superl.)
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
slender (superl.)
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
slender (superl.)
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
slender (superl.)
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.

slender
(Of a person or animal) Narrow in size, and usually indicating carrying little fat.
slender
Of buildings or trees: With a slender and elongated. form

slender
slen′dėr, adj. thin or narrow: feeble: inconsiderable: simple: meagre, inadequate, poorly furnished.—adv. Slen′derly.—n. Slen′derness. [Old Dut. slinder, thin, slinderen, to drag; cf. Ger. schlendern, to saunter.]