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slenderize

especially British, ··

[slen-duh-rahyz]

verb (used with object)

slenderized, slenderizing 
  1. to make slender or more slender.

  2. to cause to appear slender.

    dresses that slenderize the figure.



verb (used without object)

slenderized, slenderizing 
  1. to become slender.

slenderize

/ ˈɛԻəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become slender

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • slenderization noun
  • slenderizer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slenderize1

First recorded in 1920–25; slender + -ize
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Example Sentences

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’s funny about that is realizing that like those injectable treatments Santos boasts about, this episode has slenderizing, surface-smoothing effects on the brain.

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Its can was briefly slenderized to better appeal to millennials; now it’s back to its regular shape.

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The darker hue was less likely to stain, and also slenderizing.

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A Matinicus Blue Rock pullover introduced at about the dawn of yacht rock was stealthily slenderized.

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At that house, which he re-christened Saint Laurent, he slenderized male formalwear, pairing slim suits with a thin sliver of a tie.

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