slim
adjective
1 adjective of personcaol adj1 tanaí adj3 seang adj she's slim tá sí tanaíhe's a slim man fear caol atá ann, is fear tanaí éa slim waist coim sheanghe's of slim build fear caol atá ann, tá sé tanaí 2 adjective of thing: not thickcaol adj1 tanaí adj3 a slim tree crann tanaía slim book leabhar tanaía slim gap bearna chaol, bearna bheagTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective CLOTH of garment, fit: tightteann adj a slim skirt sciorta teann 4 adjective of chance, margin, etcbeag adj his chances of promotion are slim is beag seans go bhfaighidh sé ardú céime, caolseans go bhfaighidh sé ardú céimeshe had a slim hope of winning bhí dóchas beag aici go mbuafadh síthey have a slim majority tá móramh beag acu, tá oiread na fríde de mhóramh acu 5 adjective BUS-ADM of business etc: efficientthey're calling for a slimmer public sector tá siad ag éileamh go mbeadh níos lú daoine fostaithe san earnáil phoiblí
verb
6 verb lose weight INTRANSITIVEbheith ag slimeáilbheith ar aiste bia she's slimming tá sí ag slimeáil, tá sí ag iarraidh meáchan a chailleadh 7 verb make sb lose weight TRANSITIVEhe was slimmed by the illness chaill sé meáchan de bharr an tinnis 8 verb make sth less thick TRANSITIVEgearr siar the book has been slimmed considerably tá an leabhar gearrtha siar go mór 9 verb become smaller INTRANSITIVElaghdaigh verb the gap has slimmed tá an bhearna laghdaithe 10 verb make sth less TRANSITIVElaghdaigh verb they slimmed the price laghdaigh siad an praghas, d'ísligh siad an praghas 11 verb BUS-ADM cut TRANSITIVElaghdaigh verb gearr siar ar they slimmed the workforce laghdaigh siad líon na bhfostaithenoun
12 noun dietaiste bia I did a sponsored slim bhí mé ar aiste bia urraithe 13 noun MED slim diseaseseargadh masc