trim

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
2. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
3. (transitive) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
4. (transitive) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
5. (transitive) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
6. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
7. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
8. (transitive) To dress; to make smooth.
9. (dated, transitive) To rebuke; to reprove.
10. (dated, transitive) To beat or thrash.
11. (historical, transitive) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
12. (broadly, transitive) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).

Noun

1. (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
2. (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
3. (countable, uncountable) Dress; gear; ornaments.
4. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
5. (countable, especially, uncountable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
6. (uncountable) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
7. (broadly, uncountable) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
8. (mildly, slang, uncountable, vulgar) The female genitalia.
9. (broadly, mildly, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
10. (countable, uncountable) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
11. (countable, uncountable) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
12. (countable, uncountable) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
13. (uncountable) The horizontal position of an underwater water

Adj

1. Physically fit.
2. Slender, lean.
3. Neat or smart in appearance.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) In good order; properly managed or maintained.
2. (not-comparable) With sails well trimmed.

Hevwate

cut

prune

clip

neat

decorate

tidy

garnish

trimming

embellish

lop

pare

ornament

dress

👗

crop

adorn

shave

cut back

cut off

reduce

chop

spruce

shear

snip

trig

smart

orderly

edge

natty

bedeck

cut down

dapper

deck

slice

form

decoration

clean-cut

curtail

tailored

mow

tidy up

furnish

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beautify

retrench

elegant

passementerie

peel

clipping

pick

⛏️

trim back

abridge

pluck

smooth

adjust

arrange

prim

festoon

array

nifty

tune

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shipshape

shorten

trimness

architrave

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trimmed

border

decrease

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pretty

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fine

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well-kept

well-groomed

harvest

rim

scrape

adornment

stylish

hew

kempt

edging

comely

shape

shaping

expense

extenuate

exterminate

eye candy

face

facing

fairing

fancy

fell

fettle

file

fillet

finish

fit out

fix up

format

formation

formulation

frame

fringe

garb

get rid of

glaze

grace

graceful

grade

grading

groom

guise

hack

hem

hold down

ice

🧊

in

incumbent

in good condition

jab

jaunty

jewel

join

lace

layout

lessen

level

leveling

limit

link together

link up

liquidate

lopping

lower

make smaller

margin

mend

mince

mitigate

model

molding

moulding

muscular

mutilate

neat and clean

neaten

neatness

nip off

nullify

open

ordain

order

orderliness

organize

outfit

pass

patch up

perk

phrase

pierce

pinch

piping

plait

plastic

poise

posh

prank

prepare

presentable

prettify

primp

prink

provide

put down

put in order

put right

put together

quaint

rakish

rakishness

range

rank

rate

rating

rationalise

rationalize

razee

rearrange

refined

regular

regularization

regularize

regulate

remove

repair

repeal

rescind

resect

reset

reshaping

rid

rough-hew

sanitise

sanitize

scale down

scissor

scrap

scrape off

scythe

seated

set

settling

sever

shingle

shrink

sinewy

sitting

sizing

slaughter

slick down

slit

smarten up

smug

soigne

soignee

spark plug

spay

spick and span

spiffy

split

springy

stab

straight

strengthen

strike out

stringy

strip

stumble

stump

stylisation

stylization

subtract

suppress

switch

systematic

taper

taut

tease

thrash

throttle

tight

titivate

tog

top

🔝

pare down

traverse

trimmings

twirl

twist

uncluttered

unite

void

weaken

weed out

well-formed

well-made

whittling

wind up

wipe out

woman

👩

word

well groomed

cut hair

cut to

doll up

factor out

houseclean

lop off

nobby

operate on

peck at

ruly

slice up

snap off

snip off

spruce up

well-shaped

settlement day

well-organized

well-organised

trim off

sparkish

design

well-favoured

clean house

reduce in size

unlittered

degree of balance

parc

longitudinal trim

nice in appearance

give haircut

repaired biscuit

fettlin

sealing face

sealcontact face

tight surface

true-up

tufting

trim out

delete

door trim

abate

abbreviate

abbreviation

abolish

abrogate

accessory

accoutre

accurate

add

adze

alter

amputate

annihilate

annul

append

aspect

assemble

attenuate

ax

axe

🪓

balance

band

bate

batten

bedight

bedizen

bejewel

bespangle

bijou

blanch

break

brisk

build

cancel

caparison

carve

category

chic

chipping

chop up

class

clean

cleanly

cleanse

clear

clear up

clothe

coat

🧥

combine

compose

condition

connect

construct

cool

🆒

cross

cross out

cut out

cutting

dandy

dapperness

darn

debonair

decline

decree

deduct

defeat

deploy

detract

diminish

disband

dispense with

do away with

dock

doll

do up

downsize

draught

dressy

drop

dub

dull

edit

edit out

elaborate

emblazon

enact

equilibrate

establish

even

excellent

Werger

coiffer

tailler

couper

recortar

beschneiden

cortar

garnir

afzetten

schneiden

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

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Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: trimen

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: trymman

In summary

From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”).