Definition of Slender. Meaning of Slender. Synonyms of Slender

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Slender. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Slender and, of course, Slender synonyms and on the right images related to the word Slender.

Definition of Slender

Slender
Slender Slen"der, a. [Compar. Slenderer; superl. Slenderest.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.] 1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. ``A slender, choleric man.' --Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. --Milton. 2. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution. Mighty hearts are held in slender chains. --Pope. They have inferred much from slender premises. --J. H. Newman. The slender utterance of the consonants. --J. Byrne. 3. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence. A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos. --Sir W. Scott. 4. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance. Frequent begging makes slender alms. --Fuller. 5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. --Philips. 6. (Phon.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n.

Meaning of Slender from wikipedia

- Look up slender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slender may refer to: Gracility or slenderness Abraham Slender, a character in William Shakespeare's...
- The Slender Man (also spelled Slenderman) is a fictional supernatural character that originated as a creepypasta Internet meme created by Something Awful...
- The slender lorises (Loris) are a genus of loris native to India and Sri Lanka. The genus comprises two species, the red slender loris found in Sri Lanka...
- The slender slider (Pletholax gracilis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. Pletholax gracilis is endemic to coastal areas of southwestern...
- local park and stabbed her 19 times to appease the fictional character Slender Man. Weier and Geyser were both found not guilty by mental disease or defect...
- Slender: The Arrival is a first-person survival horror video game developed by Blue Isle Studios and P****c Productions as a fully realized, commercial...
- In architecture, the slenderness ratio, or simply slenderness, is an aspect ratio, the quotient between the height and the width of a building. In structural...
- Slender Man is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed by Sylvain White and written by David Birke, based on the character of the same name...
- The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is No. 6 of the 10...
- The slender pug (Eupithecia tenuiata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813 and is found throughout Europe...