Shim vs. Slim

Shimnoun

A wedge.

Shimnoun

A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.

Shimnoun

(computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.

Shimnoun

A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.

Shimnoun

A small metal device used to pick open a lock.

Shimnoun

A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.

Shimnoun

A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.

Shimverb

To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.

Shimverb

To adjust something by using shims.

Shimverb

To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.

Shimnoun

A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.

Shimnoun

A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.

Shimnoun

a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices

Slimadjective

Slender, thin.

Slimadjective

(of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.

Slimadjective

Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

Slimadjective

(of an object) Long and narrow.

Slimadjective

(of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.

Slimadjective

(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.

Slimadjective

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

Slimadjective

Sly, crafty.

Slimnoun

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

Slimnoun

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

Slimnoun

Cocaine.

Slimverb

(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

Slimverb

(transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

Slimadjective

Worthless; bad.

Slimadjective

Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.

Slimadjective

Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.

Slimverb

take off weight

Slimadjective

being of delicate or slender build;

Slimadjective

small in quantity;

Slimadjective

(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender

Slimadjective

(of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape

Slimadjective

(of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim

Slimadjective

(of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient

Slimadjective

(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small

Slimadjective

crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.

Slimverb

make oneself thinner, especially by dieting

Slimverb

make (a person or part of the body) thinner, especially by dieting

Slimverb

reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient

Slimnoun

a course or period of slimming

Slimnoun

a term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.