Dictionary entry details
• TRIM (noun)
Meaning:
A state of arrangement or appearance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
trimness; trim
Context example:
in good trim
Hypernyms ("trim" is a kind of...):
neatness; spruceness (the state of being neat and smart and trim)
Meaning:
A decoration or adornment on a garment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
passementerie; trim; trimming
Context examples:
the trimming on a hat / the trim on a shirt
Hypernyms ("trim" is a kind of...):
adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trim"):
braid; braiding; gold braid (trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains)
miniver (trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur)
rickrack; ricrac (a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming)
Meaning:
Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("trim" is a kind of...):
attitude (position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion))
Meaning:
Cutting down to the desired size or shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
clipping; trimming; trim
Hypernyms ("trim" is a kind of...):
cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by choping off the ends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trim"):
pruning (the act of trimming a plant)
• TRIM (adjective)
Meaning:
Thin and fit
Synonyms:
spare; trim
Context examples:
the spare figure of a marathon runner / a body kept trim by exercise
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Meaning:
Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
Synonyms:
shipshape; trim; well-kept
Context examples:
even the barn was shipshape / a trim little sailboat
Similar:
tidy (marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)
Meaning:
Neat and smart in appearance
Synonyms:
trig; clean-cut; trim
Context examples:
a clean-cut and well-bred young man / the trig corporal in his jaunty cap / a trim beard
Similar:
tidy (marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)
Meaning:
Severely simple in line or design
Synonyms:
tailored; trim
Context examples:
a neat tailored suit / tailored curtains
Similar:
plain (not elaborate or elaborated; simple)
• TRIM (verb)
Meaning:
Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
trim; pare
Context examples:
pare one's fingernails / trim the photograph / trim lumber
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim"):
dress (cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Decorate, as with ornaments
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
trim the christmas tree / trim a shop window
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
trim down; trim back; reduce; cut down; cut back; cut; trim; bring down
Context examples:
reduce your daily fat intake / The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim"):
knock off; shave (cut the price of)
inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)
thin (make thin or thinner)
thin out (make sparse)
slash (cut drastically)
retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
trim an airplane
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be in equilibrium during a flight
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The airplane trimmed
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
garnish; trim; dress
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs trim the vegetables
Meaning:
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
prune; lop; snip; cut back; clip; crop; trim; dress
Context example:
dress the plants in the garden
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
thin out (make sparse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim"):
shear (cut with shears)
poll; pollard (convert into a pollard)
pinch; top (cut the top off)
disbud (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They trim the trees
Meaning:
Cut closely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
shave; trim
Context example:
trim my beard
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
cut (shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim"):
fleece; shear (shear the wool from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They trim their hair
Meaning:
Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "trim" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Domain category:
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
