trim

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology

Old English trymman

Verb

trim (third-person singular simple present trims, present participle trimming, simple past and past participle trimmed)

1. (transitive) to reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'.

   Place the screen material in the frame, secure it in place, and trim the edges.

   The company trimmed jobs for the second time this year.

2. (transitive) to decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas tree

   They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.

3. (transitive, nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause a vessel to assume, a certain position, or trim, in the water. (FM 55-501).
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly.

4. (transitive, nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.

Translations

to reduce slightly

• Czech: zkrátit (cs), zastřihnout (cs)
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭhaki (eo)
• Finnish: leikata (fi), trimmata (fi)
• French: tailler (fr)
• German: kürzen, nachschneiden, schneiden, stutzen, zurückschneiden
• Italian: tagliare (it), decorare (it), bilanciare (it)

• Jèrriais: trînmer
• Maori: kaikauau (mi)
• Portuguese: cortar (pt), podar (pt), aparar (pt)
• Russian: обрезать (ru) (obrézat') , сократить (ru) (sokratít') , подстричь (ru) (podstríč) 
• Turkish: yontmak (tr)

to decorate

• Finnish: koristella (fi)
• German: schmücken (de), stutzen (de)

• Portuguese: decorar (pt)
• Turkish: süslemek (tr), tıraş etmek (tr)

to modify the angle of a ship relative to the water

• Finnish: tasapainottaa (fi), trimmata (fi)

• Turkish: gemiyi su akış yönüne doğru ayarlamak (tr)

to adjust sails

• Finnish: säätää (fi), trimmata (fi)

• Turkish: yelkenleri rüzgara doğru ayarlamak (tr)

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Noun

trim (plural trims)

1. (uncountable) decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders

   Paint the house white with blue trim.

2. (countable) a haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style

   I went to the hairdresser for a trim and came back nearly bald.

3. (uncountable) the manner in which something is equipped or adorned; especially, of a car

   The car comes in three different trims.

4. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) sexual intercourse
5. (nautical) 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
6. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Translations

a moderate haircut

• Finnish: tasoitus, trimmaus

• Italian: spuntata (capelli-barba-baffi) (it)

the manner in sthg is equipped

• Finnish: varustelutaso, viimeistely

• German: Verkleidung f, Ausstattung f, Innenausstattung f (especially cars)

the manner in which a vessel floats

• Finnish: tasapaino (fi)
• French: assiette (fr) f

• Italian: assetto (nave-aereo) (it)

arrangement of sails relative to the wind

• Finnish: trimmi
• German: Trimm m, Segeltrimmung f

• Italian: orientamento (it)

Adjective

trim (comparative trimmer, superlative trimmest)

1. physically fit

   He goes jogging every day to keep trim.

2. slender, lean; as a trim figure
3. neat or smart in appearance; as a trim lawn
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1

     [...] manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it.

Translations

fit

• German: fit (de)

• Italian: in forma (it)

slender, lean

• German: schlank (de)

neat, smart appearance

• German: gepflegt (de)

• Russian: опрятный (ru) (opr'átnyj) m 

Adverb

trim (not comparable)

1. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
2. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.

Usage notes

• More often used in combinations, eg, "trim-sailed".

Anagrams

• RMIT

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trim-, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- 'soft, weak, young'. Cognate to Sanscrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young”) and Armenian թարմ (t‘arm, “young, fresh”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *trem-, *trems- 'to thump; to tremble'. Compare Latin tremō (“tremble”), Lithuanian trìmti (“shake, tremble”), Tocharian A tröm (“in rage, fury”) and Tocharian B tremi (“rage, fury”).

Noun

trim m (indefinite plural trima, definite singular trimi, definite plural trimat)

1. man
2. hero

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Dutch

Verb

trim

1. first-person singular present indicative of trimmen
2. imperative of trimmen

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Latvian

Numeral

trim

1. dative plural masculine form of trīs
2. instrumental plural masculine form of trīs
3. dative plural feminine form of trīs
4. instrumental plural feminine form of trīs