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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈslɛndə/
• (General American) enPR: slĕnʹdər, IPA: /ˈslɛndɚ/
• 韻: -ɛndə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: slen‧der

形容詞

slender (comparative slenderer or more slender, superlative slenderest or most slender)

1. Thin; slim.

   A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.

   She is very slender.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

   • 1964, Philip K. Dick, “THIRTEEN”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 193:

     Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.

2. (figurative) Meagre; deficient.

   Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.

   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 413:

     The grounds for the conjecture are somewhat slender.

   • 2022 January 26, Barry Doe, “Fabrik offers an end to hard times”, in RAIL, number 949, page 42:

     The slender service between Ellesmere Port and Helsby has been added, too.

3. (Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

同意語

• (thin): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
• (meagre): insufficient, scarce, sparse; see also Thesaurus:inadequate

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “palatalized”): broad
• See also Thesaurus:obese

派生語

派生した語

• → Spanish: slender (Puerto Rico)

動詞

slender (third-person singular simple present slenders, present participle slendering, simple past and past participle slendered)

1. (transitive) To attenuate.
   • 1954, Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love, page 38:

     Rolled-up sleeves bared her strong forearms, which slendered down when they came to the wrists and hands.

アナグラム

• Lenders, lenders, relends