trim
verb
[ trɪm ]
• make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.
• "trim the grass using a sharp mower"
Similar:
cut,
barber,
crop,
bob,
shorten,
clip,
snip,
shear,
prune,
pollard,
mow,
neaten,
shape,
tidy up,
even up,
• decorate (something), typically with contrasting items or pieces of material.
• "a pair of black leather gloves trimmed with fake fur"
Similar:
decorate,
adorn,
ornament,
embellish,
edge,
pipe,
border,
hem,
fringe,
bedizen,
• adjust (a sail) to take advantage of the wind.
• "her jobs include trimming the spinnaker and dealing with the yacht's plumbing"
• get the better of (someone), typically by cheating them out of money.
• rebuke (someone) angrily.
trim
noun
• additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.
• "a red blazer with gold trim"
Similar:
decoration,
trimming,
ornamentation,
adornment,
embellishment,
border,
edging,
piping,
purfling,
rickrack,
hem,
fringe,
frill,
• an act of cutting something in order to neaten it.
• "his hair needs a trim"
• the state of being in good order or condition.
• "no one had been there for months—everything was out of trim"
• the degree to which an aircraft can be maintained at a constant altitude without any control forces being present.
• "the pilot's only problem was the need to constantly readjust the trim"
• the way in which a ship floats in the water, especially in relation to the fore-and-aft line.
• "ships' masters had to check trim and stability before departure"
trim
adjective
• neat and smart in appearance; in good order.
• "his face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim"
Similar:
smart,
stylish,
chic,
spruce,
dapper,
elegant,
crisp,
natty,
sharp,
spiffy,
trig,
neat,
tidy,
neat and tidy,
as neat as a new pin,
orderly,
in (good) order,
well kept,
well looked-after,
well maintained,
in apple-pie order,
immaculate,
spick and span,
uncluttered,
straight,
tricksy,
Origin:
Old English trymman, trymian ‘make firm, arrange’, of which the adjective appears to be a derivative. The word's history is obscure; current verb senses date from the early 16th century when usage became frequent and served many purposes: this is possibly explained by spoken or dialect use in the Middle English period not recorded in extant literature.
in trim
• slim and fit.
• "she keeps herself in trim with visits to the health club"
