| Noun | 1. | trim - a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" | |
| 2. | trim - a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness miniver - trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light gray fur | |
| 3. | trim - attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientationattitude - position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) | |
| 4. | trim - cutting down to the desired size or shapecutting off, cutting, cut - the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" pruning - the act of trimming a plant | |
| Verb | 1. | trim - remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"dress - cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | |
| 2. | trim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" | |
| 3. | trim - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance cut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench" slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" | |
| 4. | trim - balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim an airplane"trim - be in equilibrium during a flight; "The airplane trimmed" | |
| 5. | trim - be in equilibrium during a flight; "The airplane trimmed"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" trim - balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim an airplane" | |
| 6. | trim - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foodsdress out, dress - kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey" dress - put a dressing on; "dress the salads" | |
| 7. | trim - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers | |
| 8. | trim - cut closely; "trim my beard"cut - shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" | |
| 9. | trim - adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally usedship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" | |
| Adj. | 1. | trim - thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | |
| 2. | trim - (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard"groomed - neat and smart in appearance; well cared for; "the manager was a beautifully groomed young man"; "his horse was always groomed" | |
| 3. | trim - of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"tidy - marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" | |
| 4. | trim - (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"tidy - marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" | |
| 5. | trim - severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" | |