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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
suede
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
leather/suede shoes
▪ a pair of dark leather shoes
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ The youth stumbled and trod heavily on Harry's black suede shoes.
▪ All black suede shoes and double-breasted pinstripe, he seemed central casting's idea of the ideal Establishment man.
▪ Black polo-neck, black suede shoes, black flop of hair.
▪ When not working the girls dressed alike in black tight pants, black leather jackets and black suede boots.
brown
▪ I bought my first pair of those brown suede boots back in the early Sixties.
▪ When he swung the door open he found a young man in a World Cup T-shirt and brown suede shorts.
▪ The wearing of a plaster cast was only allowed in extreme circumstances and brown suede shoes were definitely out.
▪ He's renowned for his ad-libs, of course, whether about my conventional haircut or brown suede boots.
▪ I have a pair of brown suede brogues that are really worn and I prefer them in their frazzled state!
■ NOUN
jacket
▪ She wears a pink suede jacket with a studded fringe which she takes great care to hang.
▪ So their green suede jackets with leather collars were quite acceptable.
▪ His pale grey suit and suede jacket were stylish, even if now creased and grubby.
shoe
▪ The youth stumbled and trod heavily on Harry's black suede shoes.
▪ Examine filthy battered weekend trousers and deformed suede shoes.
▪ These unisex suede shoes were introduced in 1986 as a technical shoe for skateboarders.
▪ All black suede shoes and double-breasted pinstripe, he seemed central casting's idea of the ideal Establishment man.
▪ Black polo-neck, black suede shoes, black flop of hair.
▪ Get those blue suede shoes moving and get down there fast, we told reporter Aileen Taylor.
▪ Silver grey costume, grey suede shoes and over it all a grey fur coat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Black polo-neck, black suede shoes, black flop of hair.
▪ I bought my first pair of those brown suede boots back in the early Sixties.
▪ I really believed he did love this suede.
▪ In this collection, he has embraced Caterpillar work boots, done up for him in two-tone suede.
▪ Russell & Bromley suede court shoes, £79.99.
▪ The lightweight upper is made from synthetic suede and nylon and the support is given by the thermoplastic heel counter.
▪ The man was carrying a fur-collared suede coat on a hanger, draped with a dry cleaners' plastic bag.
slimming
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.
▪ When people join a slimming club they are, in effect, giving themselves a boost, a social reward for slimming.
II.adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Everyone, whether on a slimming diet or not, should reduce this kind of sugar to an absolute minimum.
▪ Over-eating is considered bad by the dieter, while the slimming regime is difficult but good and virtuous.
▪ Some slimming magazines also publish guides to the fat and fibre content of food.
▪ The problem is that dieting on a standard slimming regime is difficult.
▪ When people join a slimming club they are, in effect, giving themselves a boost, a social reward for slimming.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
suede

undressed kid skin, 1884 (as an adjective from 1874), from gants de Suède (1859), literally "gloves of Sweden," from French Suède "Sweden" (see Swede). Suede shoes attested from 1885.

slimming

"producing an appearance of thinness," 1925, present participle adjective from slim (v.).

Wiktionary
suede

a. Made of suede n. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.

slimming

  1. Making a person seem or become slimmer. v

  2. (present participle of slim English)

Usage examples of "slimming".

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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.