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# slender

adjective (slender, slenderer, slenderest)

«slender» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thin, graceful and narrow, not thick or heavy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/#m1)
2. Small or slight, as in a slender chance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the lessons tall, thin and graceful people, animals or objects, such as an arrow or a maiden

### Examples

- The giraffe has long slender legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/#x1)
- A slender reed bent in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/#x2)
- She had a slender chance of winning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/#x3)
- The slender girl ran fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slender» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slender/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slender» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slender.html) on Mova free.