broad vs slim

broad

adj
  • Wide in extent or scope. 

  • General rather than specific. 

  • Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. 

  • Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. 

  • Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained. 

  • Unsubtle; obvious. 

  • Plain; evident. 

  • Free; unrestrained; unconfined. 

  • Strongly regional. 

  • Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. 

noun
  • A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. 

  • A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. 

  • A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. 

  • A kind of floodlight. 

slim

adj
  • Long and narrow. 

  • Designed to make the wearer appear slim. 

  • Slender in an attractive way. 

  • Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient. 

  • Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy. 

  • Very small, tiny. 

noun
  • A potato farl. 

  • A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes. 

  • AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages. 

  • Cocaine. 

verb
  • To make slimmer; to reduce in size. 

  • To lose weight in order to achieve slimness. 

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