Slenderize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make more slender. transitive

    "There’s no sugar-coating it: this direct-injection V-6 seems a compromise, a slenderized version of the CTS’s 3.6-liter."

  2. 2
    take off weight wordnet
  3. 3
    make slender or appear to be slender wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
dietmelt offreducereduceslenderiseslim

Example

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"There’s no sugar-coating it: this direct-injection V-6 seems a compromise, a slenderized version of the CTS’s 3.6-liter."

Etymology

From slender + -ize.

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