Trim

English Meaning

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

1. To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning: trimmed his moustache.
2. To remove (excess) by cutting: trim a budget.
3. To remove the excess from by or as if by cutting: trimmed off the rotten wood.
4. To ornament; decorate.
5. Informal To thrash; beat.
6. Informal To defeat soundly.
7. Informal To cheat.
8. Informal To rebuke; scold.
9. Nautical To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly.
10. Nautical To balance (a ship) by shifting its cargo or contents.
11. To balance (an aircraft) in flight by regulating the control surfaces and tabs.
12. To furnish or equip.
13. Nautical To be in or retain equilibrium.
14. Nautical To make sails and yards ready for sailing.
15. To affect or maintain cautious neutrality.
16. To fashion one's views for momentary popularity or advantage.
17. State of order, arrangement, or appearance; condition: in good trim.
18. A condition of good health or fitness.
19. Exterior ornamentation, such as moldings or framework, on a building or vehicle.
20. Decoration or ornament, as for clothing.
21. Material used in commercial window displays.
22. Dress or equipment.
23. Excised or rejected material, such as film that has been cut in editing. Often used in the plural.
24. Personal quality; character.
25. A cutting or clipping to make neat: My hair needs a trim.
26. Nautical The readiness of a vessel for sailing with regard to ballast, sails, and yards.
27. Nautical The balance of a ship.
28. Nautical The difference between the draft at the bow and at the stern.
29. The position of an aircraft relative to its horizontal axis.
30. In good or neat order.
31. In good physical condition; fit; slim.
32. Having lines, edges, or forms of neat and pleasing simplicity. See Synonyms at neat1.
33. In a trim manner.