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.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- transitive verb. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
- transitive verb. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
- intransitive verb. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
- noun. Dress; gear; ornaments.
- noun. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
- noun. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
- noun. 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.
- transitive 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.
- noun. cutting down to the desired size or shape
- noun. a decoration or adornment on a garment
"the trimming on a hat"
"the trim on a shirt"
- noun. attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- noun. a state of arrangement or appearance
"in good trim"
- verb. adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- verb. cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- verb. cut closely
"trim my beard"
- verb. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
"pare one's fingernails"
"trim the photograph"
- verb. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
- verb. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- verb. decorate, as with ornaments
"trim the christmas tree"
"trim a shop window"
- verb. be in equilibrium during a flight
"The airplane trimmed"
- verb. balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
"trim an airplane"
- adjective. thin and fit
"the spare figure of a marathon runner"
"a body kept trim by exercise"
- adjective. severely simple in line or design
"a neat tailored suit"
"tailored curtains"
- adjective. neat and smart in appearance
"a clean-cut and well-bred young man"
"the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"
- adjective. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
"even the barn was shipshape"
"a trim little sailboat"
Synonyms
clipping, trimming, passementerie, trimness, cut, reduce, shave, pare, clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, snip, garnish, spare, tailored, trig, shipshape
Common word forms
trims, trimer, trimly, trimmed, trimmer, trimmest, trimming, trimness
Words from these letters
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