Trimming

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trim \Trim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Trimming}.] [OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to
     prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of
     uncertain origin.]
     1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make
        right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.


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              The hermit trimmed his little fire.   --Goldsmith.
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     2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish;
        as, to trim a hat.
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              A rotten building newly trimmed over. --Milton.
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              I was trimmed in Julia's gown.        --Shak.
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     3. To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip
        or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
        " And trimmed the cheerful lamp." --Byron.
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     4. (Carp.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
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     5. (Naut.)
        (a) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or
            disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally
            on each side of the center and at each end, that she
            shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim
            a ship, or a boat.
        (b) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the
            sails.
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     6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.]
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     {To trim in} (Carp.), to fit, as a piece of timber, into
        other work.
  
     {To trim up}, to dress; to put in order.
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              I found her trimming up the diadem
              On her dead mistress.                 --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trimming \Trim"ming\,
     a. from {Trim}, v.
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           The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming,
           halfway sort of a party.                 --Jeffrey.
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     {Trimming joist} (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers
        are framed; a header. See {Header}. --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trimming \Trim"ming\, n.
     1. The act of one who trims.
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     2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust,
        ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the
        ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes,
        the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the
        plural.
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     3. The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy
        a trimming. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trim
       adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a
              body kept trim by exercise" [syn: {spare}]
       2: (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: {kempt},
           {tidy}]
       3: of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from
          disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little
          sailboat" [syn: {shipshape}, {well-kept}]
       4: (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and
          well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty
          cap" [syn: {clean-cut}, {trig}]
       5: severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit";
          "tailored curtains" [syn: {tailored}]
       n 1: a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" [syn: {trimness}]
       2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a
          hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: {trimming}, {passementerie}]
       3: attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its
          own orientation
       4: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: {trimming},
          {clipping}]
       v 1: remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
            "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim
            lumber" [syn: {pare}]
       2: decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree";
          "trim a shop window"
       3: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat
          intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
          [syn: {reduce}, {cut down}, {cut back}, {trim down}, {trim
          back}, {cut}, {bring down}]
       4: balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim
          an airplane"
       5: be in equilibrium during a flight; "The airplane trimmed"
       6: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
          [syn: {garnish}, {dress}]
       7: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
          plants in the garden" [syn: {snip}, {clip}, {crop}, {lop},
           {dress}, {prune}, {cut back}]
       8: cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: {shave}]
       9: adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
       [also: {trimming}, {trimmed}, {trimmest}, {trimmer}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trimming
       n 1: the act of adding decoration; "the children had to be in bed
            before it was time for the trimming of the tree"
       2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a
          hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: {trim}, {passementerie}]
       3: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: {trim}, {clipping}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trimming
       See {trim}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "trimming":
     Smyth sewing, Waterloo, adjunct, adornment, arrangement, backing,
     beading, beating, bibliopegy, binder board, binding, bonus,
     book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase,
     bordering, bordure, case, casemaking, casing-in, collapse,
     collating, collating mark, color, color patterns, conquering,
     conquest, cover, crash, deathblow, debacle, decor, decoration,
     defeat, destruction, downfall, drubbing, dust cover, dust jacket,
     edging, elaboration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry,
     embroidery, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, failure,
     fall, filigree, filling, fillip, fimbria, fimbriation, flounce,
     flourish, flower arrangement, folding, footband, frill, frilling,
     fringe, furbelow, furniture arrangement, galloon, garnish,
     garnishment, garniture, gathering, gluing-off, hard binding,
     headband, hem, hiding, illumination, jacket, lagniappe, lambasting,
     lathering, library binding, licking, lining, lining-up, list,
     mastery, mechanical binding, motif, niggerhead, ornament,
     ornamentation, overcoming, overthrow, overturn, padding,
     perfect binding, plastic binding, premium, quietus, rounding,
     ruffle, ruin, saddle stitching, selvage, sewing, side sewing,
     signature, skirting, slipcase, slipcover, smash, smashing,
     soft binding, something extra, spiral binding, stamping, stapling,
     stuffing, subdual, subduing, subjugation, superaddition, supple,
     tailband, temporizing, thrashing, timeserving, tipping, trim,
     trouncing, twist, undoing, valance, vanquishment, welt, whipping,
     window dressing, wire stitching, wrapper, wrinkle