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Meaning of 'trim' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trim [ n.]
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
- The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
- The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
2 . Trim [ v. i.]
- To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
3 . Trim [ v. t.]
- To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
- To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
- To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
- To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
- To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
- To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
- Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.

Meaning of 'trim' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . trim [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of arrangement or appearance
Example in sentence:
  • in good trim
Meaning (2):
- a decoration or adornment on a garment
Example in sentence:
  • the trim on a shirt;
  • the trimming on a hat
3 . trim [ v]
Meaning (3):
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Example in sentence:
  • dress the plants in the garden
Meaning (4):
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
Example in sentence:
  • pare one's fingernails;
  • trim lumber;
  • trim the photograph
Meaning (5):
- cut down on; make a reduction in
Example in sentence:
  • reduce your daily fat intake;
  • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Meaning (6):
- be in equilibrium during a flight
Example in sentence:
  • The airplane trimmed
Meaning (7):
- decorate, as with ornaments
Example in sentence:
  • trim a shop window;
  • trim the christmas tree
Meaning (8):
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
Example in sentence:
  • trim an airplane
Meaning (9):
- cut closely
Example in sentence:
  • trim my beard
10 . trim [ s]
Meaning (10):
- thin and fit
Example in sentence:
  • a body kept trim by exercise;
  • the spare figure of a marathon runner
Meaning (11):
- neat and smart in appearance
Example in sentence:
  • a clean-cut and well-bred young man;
  • a trim beard;
  • the trig corporal in his jaunty cap
Meaning (12):
- severely simple in line or design
Example in sentence:
  • a neat tailored suit;
  • tailored curtains
Meaning (13):
- of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
Example in sentence:
  • a trim little sailboat;
  • even the barn was shipshape

Nearby Words:

tri- tri/cia tri/cious triable triableness triacid triacle triacontahedral triaconter triad

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