trim
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trim/trɪm/
▶verb (trims, trimming, trimmed)
- 1 make (something) neat by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.
■ cut off (irregular or unwanted parts).
■ reduce the size, amount, or number of.
- 2 decorate (something), especially along its edges.
- 3 adjust (a sail) to take advantage of the wind.
■ adjust the balance of (a ship or aircraft) by rearranging its cargo or using its controls.
- 4 adapt one's views to the prevailing political trends for personal advancement.
- 5 informal, dated get the better of; cheat.
- 6 informal, dated rebuke angrily.
- 1 additional decoration, especially along the edges.
■ the upholstery or interior lining of a car.
- 2 an act of trimming.
- 3 the state of being in good order.
- 4 the degree to which an aircraft can be maintained at a constant altitude.
- 5 the way in which a ship floats in the water, especially in relation to the fore-and-aft line.
- 1 neat and smart; in good order.
- 2 slim and fit.
– phrases
in trim
in trim
- 1 slim and fit.
- 2 Nautical in good order.
– derivatives
trimly adverb,
trimness noun.
trimly adverb,
trimness noun.
– origin OE trymman, trymian ‘make firm, arrange’.
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