Slight
11Slight — Slight, n. Sleight. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
12Slight — Slight, v. t. [Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.] 1. To overthrow; to demolish. [Obs.] Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 2. To make even or level. [Obs.] Hexham. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw heedlessly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The rogue slighted me into …
13slight — adj tenuous, rare, *thin, slender, slim Analogous words: imperceptible, imponderable, impalpable, intangible, insensible, inappreciable: trifling, trivial, puny, *petty, paltry: minute, diminutive, wee, little, *small slight vb *neglect, ignore,… …
14slight — ► ADJECTIVE 1) small in degree; inconsiderable. 2) not profound or substantial. 3) not sturdy and strongly built. ► VERB ▪ insult (someone) by treating them without proper respect or attention. ► NOUN ▪ an insult …
15Slight — Aaron Tony Slight (* 19. Januar 1966 in Masterton, Neuseeland) ist ein ehemaliger neuseeländischer Motorradrennfahrer. Aaron Slight interessiert sich schon sehr früh fürs Motorrad fahren. Im Alter von zwölf Jahren fuhr er Motocrossrennen, bevor… …
16slight — slight1 W3S2 [slaıt] adj comparative slighter superlative slightest [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch slicht] 1.) [usually before noun] small in degree ≠ ↑big ▪ a slight improvement ▪ a slight increase …
17slight — [[t]slaɪt[/t]] adj. slight•er, slight•est, v. n. 1) small in amount, degree, etc 2) of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial 3) slender or slim; not heavily built 4) frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric[/ex] 5) of little substance or… …
18slight — slighter, n. slightly, adv. slightness, n. /sluyt/, adj., slighter, slightest, v., n. adj. 1. small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor. 2. of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut. 3. slender or slim;… …
19slight — I UK [slaɪt] / US adjective Word forms slight : adjective slight comparative slighter superlative slightest *** 1) [usually before noun] small in size, amount, or degree a slight increase in temperature Jill gave a slight smile. I haven t given… …
20slight — [[t]sla͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ slighter, slightest, slights, slighting, slighted 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity. Doctors say he has made a slight improvement... We have a slight problem... A slight… …
