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Reduction process
Answer for the clue "Reduction process ", 8 letters:
slimming
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Word definitions for slimming in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Making a person seem or become slimmer. v (present participle of slim English)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An example is the once highly popular low-carbohydrate method of slimming . ▪ I was there to give some talks on motivation and slimming and had a stand displaying my books. ▪ No one should feel pressurised into slimming . ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"producing an appearance of thinness," 1925, present participle adjective from slim (v.).
Usage examples of slimming.
You know -- things like diaphragms, slimming trunks, valves, medical sheaths and probes, urinary rubbers, colostomy tubing, diagnostic fingerstalls, sphygmomanometer bulbs, ostomy bags, veterinary gloves, soil test membranes, gaiters, diving hoods, neck and cuff seals, pneumatic face masks, shot blast capes, helmet covers, incontinence stockings, specialized prophylactics.
Digest that slimming exercises and abstinences should not be embarked upon hastily.
Black is so much more slimming, though Barbs, of course, would have gone right to the top, just for the colour.
Next, she went on a crash diet of low-cal sodas, raw vegetables and canned tuna, and dry white wine, slimming down in less than a month from a size ten dress to a size six.
Her husband, Paul Frontiere, French by birth and a citizen of Eurocon, dressed in trim gray and forest-green spacewear, loose at waist and joints, slimming around wrist and ankles.