TRIM BACK

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does trim back mean? 

• TRIM BACK (verb)
  The verb TRIM BACK has 1 sense:

1. cut down on; make a reduction in

  Familiarity information: TRIM BACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIM BACK (verb)

Meaning:

Cut down on; make a reduction in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cut down; reduce; trim back; trim down; cut; cut back; trim; bring down

Context examples:

reduce your daily fat intake / The employer wants to cut back health benefits

Hypernyms (to "trim back" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trim back"):

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

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)

knock off; shave (cut the price of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something