SLENDERIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they slenderize ... he / she / it slenderizes

Past simple: slenderized

Past participle: slenderized

-ing form: slenderizing

Meaning:

Take off weight

Synonyms:

melt off; reduce; slenderize; slim; slim down; thin

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "slenderize" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slenderize"):

sweat off (lose weight by sweating)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Make slender or appear to be slender

Example:

slenderizing skirts

Synonyms:

slenderise; slenderize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "slenderize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something