trim

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English

Etymology

From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪm/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪm]
• Rhymes: -ɪm

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.

2. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
3. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
4. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
5. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
7. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
8. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
9. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
10. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove.
11. (transitive, dated) To beat or thrash.
12. (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
13. (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).

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Noun

trim (countable and uncountable, plural trims)

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

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

3. Dress; gear; ornaments.
4. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
   1. (especially automotive) An established configuration of features within a model.

      Holonyms: make; model

      Near-synonym: submodel
5. (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
6. (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
7. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
8. (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
9. (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.
10. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
11. (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
12. (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water

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Adjective

trim (comparative trimmer, superlative trimmest)

1. Physically fit.

2. Slender, lean.

3. Neat or smart in appearance.

Translations

Adverb

trim (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

• MIRT, RMIT

Albanian

Alternative forms

• trajm — Gheg [tɾajm]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trim-, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, weak, young”). Cognate with Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young”) and Armenian թարմ (tʻarm, “young, fresh”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *trem(s)- (“to thump; to tremble”). Compare Latin tremō (“tremble”), Lithuanian tri̇̀mti (“shake, tremble”), Tocharian A tröm (“in rage, fury”) and Tocharian B tremi (“rage, fury”). According to Stuart E. Mann, it is connected to Ancient Macedonian [script needed] (*Tyrimmas) if not somehow derived from Ancient Macedonian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾim/

Noun

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

1. man, manful
2. hero
3. courageous
4. valiant, valorous
5. brave, hardy

Declension

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

trim

1. inflection of trimmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Latvian

Numeral

trim

1. dative/instrumental plural masculine/feminine of trīs