trim
trim /tr'ɪm/ (trimmer trimmest trims trimming trimmed)
1 [ADJ]
Something that is trim is neat, tidy, and attractive.
The neighbours' gardens were trim and neat.
2 [ADJ]
If you describe someone's figure as trim, you mean that it is attractive because there is no extra fat on their body.
The driver was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty.
3 [VERB] V n
If you trim something, for example someone's hair, you cut off small amounts of it in order to make it look neater and tidier.
My friend trims my hair every eight weeks...
[N-SING]
Trim is also a noun.
His hair needed a trim.
4 [VERB] V n
If a government or other organization trims something such as a plan, policy, or amount, they reduce it slightly in extent or size.
American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs...
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed with n
If something such as a piece of clothing is trimmed with a type of material or design, it is decorated with it, usually along its edges.
...jackets, which are then trimmed with crocheted flowers...
● -trimmed [COMB in ADJ]
He wears a fur-trimmed coat.
6 [N-VAR]
The trim on something such as a piece of clothing is a decoration, for example along its edges, that is in a different colour or material.
...a white satin scarf with black trim...
= trimming
7 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
When people are in trim or in good trim, they are in good physical condition.
He is already getting in trim for the big day...
1 [ADJ]
Something that is trim is neat, tidy, and attractive.
The neighbours' gardens were trim and neat.
2 [ADJ]
If you describe someone's figure as trim, you mean that it is attractive because there is no extra fat on their body.
The driver was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty.
3 [VERB] V n
If you trim something, for example someone's hair, you cut off small amounts of it in order to make it look neater and tidier.
My friend trims my hair every eight weeks...
[N-SING]
Trim is also a noun.
His hair needed a trim.
4 [VERB] V n
If a government or other organization trims something such as a plan, policy, or amount, they reduce it slightly in extent or size.
American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs...
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed with n
If something such as a piece of clothing is trimmed with a type of material or design, it is decorated with it, usually along its edges.
...jackets, which are then trimmed with crocheted flowers...
● -trimmed [COMB in ADJ]
He wears a fur-trimmed coat.
6 [N-VAR]
The trim on something such as a piece of clothing is a decoration, for example along its edges, that is in a different colour or material.
...a white satin scarf with black trim...
= trimming
7 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
When people are in trim or in good trim, they are in good physical condition.
He is already getting in trim for the big day...