being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
TAPER
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
THIN
without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
take off weight
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"