Trim Definition
trĭm
trimmed, trimmer, trimmest, trimming, trims
verb
trimmed, trimming, trims
To change one's opinions or viewpoint so as to satisfy opposing factions, etc.; compromise.
Webster's New World
To prepare; fit out; dress.
Webster's New World
To put in proper order; make neat or tidy, esp. by clipping, lopping, etc.
To trim one's mustache.
Webster's New World
To remove the excess or unwanted parts from.
Trimmed the pie crust; trimmed the budget.
American Heritage
To clip, lop, cut, etc.
To trim dead branches off a tree.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- dodge
- equivocate
- temporize
- hedge
- hem-and-haw
- remain neutral
- vacillate
- compromise
- stand between
- shilly-shally
- sit on a fence
- do
- diddle
- swindle
- rook
noun
trims
Order; arrangement; condition.
In proper trim.
Webster's New World
An excess or unwanted part that has been removed.
Cut off the trim.
American Heritage
A trimming by clipping, cutting, etc.
Webster's New World
Good condition or order.
To keep in trim for sports.
Webster's New World
Equipment; gear; dress.
Webster's New World
adjective
trimmer, trimmest
Orderly; neat; tidy.
Webster's New World
Well-proportioned; smartly designed.
Webster's New World
In good condition.
Webster's New World
Having lines, edges, or forms of neat and pleasing simplicity.
American Heritage
Neat or smart in appearance; as a trim lawn.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adverb
In a trim manner.
Webster's New World
(nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
Wiktionary
(nautical) With sails well trimmed.
Wiktionary
idiom
trim one's sails
- to adjust one's opinions, actions, expenditures, etc. to meet changing conditions
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Trim
- trim one's sails
Origin of Trim
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Middle English trimmen to make firm from Old English trymman from trum strong deru- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English trymman
From Wiktionary
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