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Meaning trim meaning

What does trim mean?
Definitions in simple English

trim Verb

— If you trim something, you make it into the required size or shape by cutting away the irregular or unwanted parts. He trimmed his beard before the interview. The hedge needs to be trimmed. A steak is usually trimmed of all excess fat. — If you trim something, you decorate or adorn it with decorations. They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve. — You trim an aircraft by adjusting the pitch using trim tabs. — You trim a ship by modifying the angle of the sails relative to the wind.

trim Noun

— Trims are additional decorations that are usually placed along edges of something. Paint the house white with blue trim. — If you trim something, you cut it in order to neaten it. I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald. — The trim is the arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

trim Adjective

— If a person is trim, he or she is physically fit. He goes jogging every day to keep in trim. — If a person is trim, he or she is slim. She has a trim figure. — If a person is trim, he or she is neat and smart in appearance. His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim.

trim

— verb (= pare) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size pare one's fingernails trim the photograph trim lumber — verb decorate, as with ornaments trim the christmas tree trim a shop window — noun a state of arrangement or appearance in good trim — noun (= trimming) a decoration or adornment on a garment the trimming on a hat the trim on a shirt — adjective (= spare) thin and fit the spare figure of a marathon runner a body kept trim by exercise — verb (= reduce, cut down, cut back, cut) cut down on; make a reduction in reduce your daily fat intake The employer wants to cut back health benefits — verb adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used — noun attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation — noun cutting down to the desired size or shape — verb be in equilibrium during a flight The airplane trimmed — verb balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces trim an airplane — verb decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods — adjective (= shipshape) of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder even the barn was shipshape a trim little sailboat — verb cut closely trim my beard — adjective (= tailored) severely simple in line or design a neat tailored suit tailored curtains — adjective (= clean-cut, trig) neat and smart in appearance a clean-cut and well-bred young man the trig corporal in his jaunty cap a trim beard — verb (= dress, cut back) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of dress the plants in the garden

Synonyms trim synonyms

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trim English » English

cut prune clip neat decorate tidy garnish trimming embellish lop pare ornament dress crop adorn shave cut off cut back spruce snip shear reduce chop trig smart orderly natty edge slice form deck dapper cut down bedeck trim down trim back tidy up tailored smooth retrench prim pluck pick peel passementerie mow furnish festoon elegant decoration

Topics trim topics

What do people use trim to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Tidy
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Cut hair
Daily life Adornment

Care for the fingernails
Work and occupation Agriculture Tend a field

Trim plants
States Quantity More

Decrease
States Big Thick

Thin person

Conjugation trim conjugation

How do you conjugate trim?

trim · verb

Examples trim examples

How do I use trim in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You should trim your fingernails.
I asked the butcher to trim all the fat off of the meat.
I asked you to trim Tom's claws, not his whiskers!

Movie subtitles

I dropped my pair somewhere in the arena and Roger was in desperate need of a little trim.
I've got to get up and trim that darn Christmas tree.
Quick, or I'll trim that beard for you!
Shall I trim your mustache?
Made him buy a new suit and trim his mustache.
Trim that cap.
Keeping it trim and all that.
Tail onto that foresheet and trim her!
We keep a trim ship.
Makes sense we have a trim crew to man her.
But by the mass, our hearts are in the trim.
I've gotta get home and trim my Christmas tree.
Trim your Christmas tree, eh?
A light trim. How's about it?
Shall I trim your mustache? - No, no.
We can get a location and with your band to attract the crowd we can trim.
That they still are in such good trim, I attribute to well-developed laziness.
You're a good girl, Miss Trim. - Please.
You ought to have Jerry's job. Trim that waistline.
Look at those trim little ankles, hmm?
A trim little ship, Captain Rodríguez.
Trim those top gallows.
And what I know now about the racket I could trim them plenty. Heh-heh-heh.
Well, I discovered that to keep in trim, you have to spend some time at it.
Remove these, trim that too, under the eyes.
Now's a good time for a little trim?
Would you like me to help you trim the tree?
No buffeting, trim correct, increasing speed.
Did you correct that nose-heavy trim before opening air brakes?
What about your nose-heavy trim?

News and current affairs

Unfortunately, though, so long as some countries like China, Germany, Japan, and the oil exporters pump surplus goods into the world economy, not all countries can trim their spending to stay within their means.
In the medium term, over-spenders should trim their outlays and habitual exporters should increase theirs.
On the other side of the debate, Europe's desperate reformers see no way to trim, roll back or blow up the Continent's obsessive bureaucracies and consensual politicians.
PARIS - As the eurozone debates how to escape the stagnation trap in which it finds itself, one question has become increasingly important: Can governments credibly commit to trim public spending in the future while avoiding immediate cuts?
Efficient public-sector reform takes time. Governments that trim public expenditures in a hurry rarely make informed choices.
The Fund needs to create programs for Portugal, Ireland, and Greece that restore competitiveness and trim debt, and that offer them realistic hope of a return to economic growth.
Governments that trim public expenditures in a hurry rarely make informed choices.

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