Slenderize — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make slender or appear to be slender

take off weight

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/slˈɛndɚɹˌaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/slˈɛndəɹˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/slˈɛndəɹˌaɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /slˈɛndɚɹˌaɪz/.

Examples

slenderizing skirts

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

melt off reduce slenderise lose weight slim down thin slim

Antonyms

gain

Parts of Speech

verb	make slender or appear to be slender “slenderizing skirts”
verb	take off weight

Word Forms

reducing

noun

loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schlanker machen

schlank machen oder schlank erscheinen lassen

🇫🇷French

amincir

rendre mince ou paraître mince

🇪🇸Spanish

adelgazar

hacer delgado o parecer delgado

🇮🇹Italian

dimagrire

rendere snello o sembrare snello

🇳🇱Dutch

slanker maken

slank maken of slank lijken

🇵🇹Portuguese

esbeltar

tornar esguio ou parecer esguio

🇷🇺Russian

стройнеть

сделать стройным или казаться стройным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पतला हो जाना

पतला बनाना या पतला दिखना

🇧🇩Bengali

সরু করা

সরু করা বা সরু হতে দেখা

🇮🇳Tamil

மெல்லியதாக்கு

மெலிதாக அல்லது மெல்லியதாகத் தோன்றும்

🇮🇳Telugu

సన్నగా

సన్నగా లేదా సన్నగా కనిపించేలా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

बारीक करणे

सडपातळ बनवा किंवा सडपातळ दिसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાતળું

પાતળું બનાવો અથવા પાતળું દેખાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೆಳ್ಳಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ

ತೆಳ್ಳಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ತೆಳ್ಳಗೆ ತೋರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നേർത്തതാക്കുക

മെലിഞ്ഞതാക്കുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മെലിഞ്ഞതായി തോന്നിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਤਲਾ ਕਰਨਾ

ਪਤਲਾ ਬਣਾਓ ਜਾਂ ਪਤਲਾ ਦਿਖਾਈ ਦਿਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

پتلا کرنا

پتلا بنائیں یا پتلا دکھائی دیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

瘦身

使身材苗条或显得苗条

🇯🇵Japanese

細くする

細くする、または細く見える

🇰🇷Korean

가늘게 하다

날씬해 보이거나 날씬해 보이거나

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm thon gọn

làm cho mảnh mai hoặc có vẻ mảnh mai

🇹🇭Thai

ผอมเพรียว

ทำให้เรียวหรือดูเหมือนเรียว

🇮🇩Indonesian

membuat langsing

membuat langsing atau tampak langsing

🇵🇭Filipino

payat

gawing payat o magmukhang payat

🇲🇾Malay

melangsingkan badan

membuat langsing atau kelihatan langsing

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جعله نحيلا

جعل نحيلة أو تبدو نحيلة

🇮🇷Persian

لاغر کردن

باریک شود یا باریک به نظر برسد

🇹🇷Turkish

inceltmek

ince yapmak veya ince görünmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

להרזות

להפוך דק או להיראות דק

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The primary meaning of 'slenderize' is 'make slender or appear to be slender'.

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