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Trim

noun

1.

A state of arrangement or appearance. Synonym: trimness.

2.

A decoration or adornment on a garment. Synonyms: passementerie, trimming. "The trim on a shirt"

3.

Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation.

4.

Cutting down to the desired size or shape. Synonyms: clipping, trimming.

verb

(past & past part. trimmed; pres. part. trimming)

1.

Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size. Synonym: pare. "Trim the photograph" , "Trim lumber"

2.

Decorate, as with ornaments. "Trim a shop window"

3.

Cut down on; make a reduction in. Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down. "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

4.

Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces.

5.

Be in equilibrium during a flight.

6.

Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods. Synonyms: dress, garnish.

7.

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of. Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip.

8.

Cut closely. Synonym: shave.

9.

Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used.

adjective

(compar. trimmer; superl. trimmest)

1.

Thin and fit. Synonym: spare. "A body kept trim by exercise"

2.

Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder. Synonyms: shipshape, well-kept. "A trim little sailboat"

3.

Neat and smart in appearance. Synonyms: clean-cut, trig. "The trig corporal in his jaunty cap" , "A trim beard"

4.

Severely simple in line or design. Synonym: tailored. "Tailored curtains"

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"Trim" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mallorings' park and their long Georgian house, carefully fronting south. There, too, was the pond of what village there was, with the usual ducks on it; and three well-remembered cottages in a row, neat and trim, of the old, thatched sort, but evidently restored. Out of the door of one of them two young people had just emerged, going in the same direction as the car. Felix passed them and turned to look. Yes, it was they! He stopped the car. They ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... group may therefore go into a jar quite readily when moved toward the other end of the jar to that into which the post strap must go when in proper position for the cover. When the group is forced back into its proper position the strap may break the jar. It is a good plan not only to trim the ends of the negative straps perfectly flush, but to round the strap corners where they go into ...

— The Automobile Storage Battery - Its Care And Repair • O. A. Witte

... as he came. When he reached the landing, I turned the handle, and we entered the room together, closing the door after us. The blind was still down, and in the dim, uncertain light nothing out of the common was, at first, to be seen. The shabby little room looked trim and orderly enough, save for a heap of cast-off feminine clothing piled upon a chair. The bed appeared undisturbed except by the half-seen shape of its occupant, and the quiet face, dimly visible in its shadowy corner, might have ...

— John Thorndyke's Cases • R. Austin Freeman

... ladies declared that they should be delighted—they hoped that Miss Tarrant was in good trim; whereupon they were corrected by others, who reminded them that it wasn't her—she had nothing to do with it—so her trim didn't matter; and a gentleman added that he guessed there were many present ...

— The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) • Henry James

... with decision. "The most effective way in which to be generous to other people is to be strict with one's self; but it never occurred to me till lately. I've been so eager that my neighbor's garden should be trim and productive, that mine ...

— The Side Of The Angels - A Novel • Basil King

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