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(adj)
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
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Thin, malnourished, and weak.
Lean or thin, scrawny.
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
(slang) Of a person, worthless, contemptibly of no value; despicable.
(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
(v)
(informal, intransitive) To defecate.
(slang) Amazing; cool.
Abounding with weeds.
Thin; slim.
Slender; thin.
Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
Very small.
(now uncommon, of size) Petite: small, little.
Extremely hungry
Small in size.
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
Trashy, trivial, of little value.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
Not dense; meager; scanty
Deficient in physical strength.
(chiefly of resources, such as food) Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
Minor; small in amount
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
(euphemistic) Damn.
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
(sometimes vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
of, or relating to the skeleton
Lacking substance; not real or strong.
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
(education) Initialism of beginning of year.
(n)
The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
Abbreviation of golliwog:.
Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
Having no variations in height.
(not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
(colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of poor quality.
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
With little flesh; skinny, thin.
(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount.
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
A surname from Spanish
Initialism of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
Thin, muscular and flexible.
Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
(informal, derogatory) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
Extra.
(of a person) Thin and angular.
Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
Resembling a stick in form
(informal) Very skinny.
(informal) Somewhat skinny.
Not skinny.
(idiomatic) Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.
(simile, colloquial) Especially of a person, very skinny.
Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
Alternative form of slimsy. [(US, colloquial, dated) flimsy; frail]
(informal) Both sarcopenic and obese.
(simile, rare) Very thin, unhealthily thin.
Somewhat thin.
A surname.
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Having a thin abdomen, especially when sickly or hungry.
Somewhat slim.
Thin but having large or pronounced buttocks and thighs.
Extremely thin, like a twig.
(US, colloquial, dated) flimsy; frail
(simile) Incredibly thin, at an unhealthy-looking level of thinness.
Synonym of slimline.
Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt.
Somewhat slender.
(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.
(of a garment) Very small, light, or revealing.
(of food) Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
(dated) Having a slender, athletic body; lithe.
Neither thin nor very thick; of limited thickness.
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
(UK, dialect) Shrivelled; lean, lank.
Alternative spelling of thick-skinned. [Having a thick skin.]
Insubstantial.
Somewhat cylindrical and slender like a pencil; also, tall and thin.
A ponyfish.