Dictionary Entry
trim
trim is a 4-letter English word with 30 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 30 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- 2transitive verb
To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
- 3transitive verb
To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
- 4transitive verb
To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
- 5transitive verb
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.
- 6transitive verb
To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
- 7transitive verb
To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
- 8intransitive verb
To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
- 9noun
Dress; gear; ornaments.
- 10noun
Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
- 11noun
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
- 12noun
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.
- 13transitive verb
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.
- 14noun
cutting down to the desired size or shape
- 15noun
a decoration or adornment on a garment
"the trimming on a hat"
"the trim on a shirt"
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- 16noun
attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- 17noun
a state of arrangement or appearance
"in good trim"
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- 18verb
adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- 19verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- 20verb
cut closely
"trim my beard"
Synonyms
- 21verb
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
"pare one's fingernails"
"trim the photograph"
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- 22verb
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
- 23verb
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- 24verb
decorate, as with ornaments
"trim the christmas tree"
"trim a shop window"
- 25verb
be in equilibrium during a flight
"The airplane trimmed"
- 26verb
balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
"trim an airplane"
- 27adjective
thin and fit
"the spare figure of a marathon runner"
"a body kept trim by exercise"
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- 28adjective
severely simple in line or design
"a neat tailored suit"
"tailored curtains"
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- 29adjective
neat and smart in appearance
"a clean-cut and well-bred young man"
"the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"
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- 30adjective
of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
"even the barn was shipshape"
"a trim little sailboat"
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