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SLENDER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being of delicate or slender build
Example:
watched her slight figure cross the street
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Derivation:
slenderness (the property of an attractively thin person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small in quantity
Example:
a small surplus
Synonyms:
slender; slim
Classified under:
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
slenderness (the quality of being slight or inadequate)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having little width in proportion to the length or height
Example:
a slender pole
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Derivation:
slenderness (relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Very narrow
Example:
a thin line across the page
Synonyms:
slender; thin
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
Derivation:
slenderness (relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)
Context examples:
This species is non-sporulating, has a slender shape with tapered ends and exhibits pleomorphic irregular staining.
(Fusobacterium gonidiaformans, NCI Thesaurus)
A slender projection of the plasma membrane at the leading edge of migrating cells.
(Filopodia, NCI Thesaurus)
In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones.
(Fibula, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A slender tube through which eggs pass from an ovary to the uterus.
(Fallopian tube, NCI Dictionary)
Grant me my life; what do you want with such a slender little fellow as I? you would not feel me between your teeth.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The Afghan Hound is a sight hound that is tall and slender with a long, narrow, refined head; and powerful jaws.
(Afghan Hound, NCI Thesaurus)
It had a great mouth, with a row of sharp teeth a foot long; but its head was joined to the pudgy body by a neck as slender as a wasp's waist.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Granular leukocytes with a nucleus that usually has two lobes connected by a slender thread of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules that are uniform in size and stainable by eosin.
(Eosinophil, NCI Thesaurus)
A solid in the shape of a slender, elongated thread that is designed to release active and/or inert ingredient(s) at a controlled, prolonged rate so as to reduce dosing frequency.
(Extended Release Fiber Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
She was like a feather in my arms, so slender, so ethereal.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
