Found 6 hits - Term: trim, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trim \trim\, a. compar. trimmer; superl. trimmest. see
trim, v. t.
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.
1913 webster
with comely carriage of her countenance trim.
--spenser.
1913 webster
so deemed i till i viewed their trim array
of boats last night. --trench.
1913 webster
see also:
trimmer trimmest trim
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trim \trim\, v. i.
to balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to
favor each.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trim \trim\, n.
1. dress; gear; ornaments.
1913 webster
seeing him just pass the window in his woodland
trim. --sir w.
scott.
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2. order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. "
the trim of an encounter." --chapman.
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3. the state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by
which she is well prepared for sailing.
1913 webster
4. arch 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.
1913 webster
in ballast trim naut., having only ballast on board. --r.
h. dana, jr.
trim of the masts naut., their position in regard to the
ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or
much aft, erect or raking.
trim of sails naut., that adjustment, with reference to
the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.
1913 webster
see also:
in ballast trim trim of the masts trim of sails
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trim \trim\, v. t. imp. p. p. trimmed; p. pr. vb. n.
trimming. oe. trimen, trumen, as. trymian, trymman, to
prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of
uncertain origin.
1. to make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make
right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
1913 webster
the hermit trimmed his little fire. --goldsmith.
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2. to dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish;
as, to trim a hat.
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a rotten building newly trimmed over. --milton.
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i was trimmed in julia's gown. --shak.
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3. to make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip
or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
" and trimmed the cheerful lamp." --byron.
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4. carp. to dress, as timber; to make smooth.
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5. naut.
a 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.
b to arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the
sails.
1913 webster
6. to rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. colloq.
1913 webster
to trim in carp., to fit, as a piece of timber, into
other work.
to trim up, to dress; to put in order.
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i found her trimming up the diadem
on her dead mistress. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
trimmed trimming to trim in to trim up
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
trim
adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a
body kept trim by exercise" syn: spare
2: used of hair neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" syn: kempt,
tidy
3: of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from
disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little
sailboat" syn: shipshape, well-kept
4: of persons neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and
well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty
cap" syn: clean-cut, trig
5: severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit";
"tailored curtains" syn: tailored
n 1: a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" syn: trimness
2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a
hat"; "the trim on a shirt" syn: trimming, passementerie
3: attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its
own orientation
4: cutting down to the desired size or shape syn: trimming,
clipping
v 1: remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
"pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim
lumber" syn: pare
2: decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree";
"trim a shop window"
3: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat
intake"; "the employer wants to cut back health benefits"
syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim down, trim
back, cut, bring down
4: balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim
an airplane"
5: be in equilibrium during a flight; "the airplane trimmed"
6: decorate food, as with parsley or other ornamental foods
syn: garnish, dress
7: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" syn: snip, clip, crop, lop,
dress, prune, cut back
8: cut closely; "trim my beard" syn: shave
9: adjust sails on a ship so that the wind is optimally used
also: trimming, trimmed, trimmest, trimmer
see also:
spare kempt tidy shipshape well-kept clean-cut
trig tailored trimness trimming passementerie
clipping pare reduce cut down cut back
trim down trim back cut bring down garnish
dress snip clip crop lop
prune shave trimmed trimmest trimmer
- [6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
480 moby thesaurus words for "trim":
attic, ciceronian, abbreviate, ability, abridge, abstain, abstract,
adjoin, adjunct, adjustment, adorn, adornment, affix, all ataunto,
anal, anchor, annex, apoise, apparel, arrange, arrangement, array,
ataunt, athletic, attach, attire, bad condition, ballast, barber,
be a timeserver, beat, beat all hollow, beat down, beat hollow,
beautify, bedeck, bedizen, bedizenment, befringe, belay, best,
bind, blazon, bob, boil down, border, bound, braw, break,
break bulk, break out ballast, bungup and bilge-free, call down,
capability, caparison, capsulize, cement, chaste, cheapen, chic,
chipper, cinch, clamp, classic, classy, clean, clean up, clean-cut,
clean-limbed, clear, clear for action, clear the decks, clear up,
clinch, clip, clobber, clothes, clothes-conscious, clothing, coif,
coiffure, color, color patterns, come down on, comely, commission,
compact, competence, competency, compress, condense, condition,
conk, contract, cop out, cosmopolitan, costume, cramp, crank,
crank in, crisp, crop, cure, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down,
cut off short, cut prices, cut short, dandify, dapper, dashing,
deck, deck out, decline, decor, decorate, decoration, defeat,
deflate, deploy, depreciate, destroy, devaluate, dinky, direct,
dive, dizen, do in, dock, doll up, drapery, draw in, draw taut,
dress, dress down, dress up, dressed to advantage, dressing, drub,
duck the issue, duds, easy, edge, edging, elaboration, elegant,
elide, embellish, embellishment, emblazon, emblazonment,
emblazonry, embroider, embroidery, enframe, engraft, enrich,
epitomize, evade, evade the issue, exquisite, fall, fall in price,
fashion, fasten, fatigues, feathers, fettle, fig, fig out,
finished, fit, fitness, fittedness, fix, fix up, flax, flourish,
flower arrangement, foreshorten, form, frame, frill, fringe,
furbish, furniture arrangement, garb, garments, garnish,
garnishment, garniture, gear, genteel, get ready,
give a dressing-down, give it to, give way, good condition, grace,
graceful, gracile, graft, grapple, groom, guise, gussy up,
habiliment, habit, health, hem, hide, hors de combat, illumination,
in trim, investiture, investment, jaunty, jew down, jump all over,
jump on, kilter, knit, lambaste, lap, larrup, lather, leather,
lick, limpid, line, linen, list, lower, lucid, make arrangements,
make fast, make preparations, make ready, march, marge, margin,
marginate, mark down, marshal, mastery, maturity, mobilize, moor,
mow, natty, natural, neat, neaten, nifty, nip, nobby, nose-dive,
order, orderly, ornament, ornamentation, outclass, outdo, outfight,
outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine,
paddle, paint, pare, pellucid, perspicuous, piping, plain, plan,
plummet, plunge, police, police up, polished, poll, pollard,
pompadour, posh, prank, prank up, prearrange, preen, prep, prepare,
preparedness, pretreat, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up,
process, proficiency, provide, prune, pull in, pure, purfle, purl,
put, put in shape, put in trim, put to, qualification, rags,
raiment, readiness, ready, ready up, reap, recap, recapitulate,
recherche, redecorate, redo, reduce, reel, reel in, refined,
refurbish, repair, restrained, retrench, rickrack, rim, ripeness,
ritzy, robes, round, ruin, sag, screw up, seasoning, secure, set,
set off, set out, set to, settle, settle preliminaries, shape,
shapely, sharp, shave, shear, shellac, shift ballast, shingle,
shipshape, shoot ballast, shorten, side, simple, sit it out, skin,
skin alive, skirt, skive, slash, sleek, slender, slick, slim,
slump, smart, smarten, smarten up, smear, smother, smug, snazzy,
snip, snub, snug, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, speak to,
spick and span, spick-and-span, spiffy, sportswear, spruce,
spruce up, stand neuter, state, statuesque, straddle,
straighten up, straightforward, streamlined, stunt, style,
style-conscious, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, sum up,
summarize, swank, swanky, swell, symmetrical, synopsize, tackle,
take in, talk to, tan, tasteful, taut, tauten, telescope, tell off,
tempering, temporize, terse, thrash, threads, tidy, tidy up, tight,
tighten, titivate, togs, toilette, treat, trice up, trick out,
trick up, tricksy, trig, trig up, trim ship, trim up, trimming,
triumph over, trounce, truncate, try out, unaffected, uncluttered,
undo, unlabored, verge, vestment, vesture, wallop, wave, wear,
wearing apparel, well-cared-for, well-dressed, well-favored,
well-formed, well-groomed, well-made, well-ordered,
well-proportioned, well-shaped, welt, whack, whale, whip, winch,
wind in, windlass, window dressing, wing out ballast, worst
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