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1. Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
   "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber";
   - pare
    
2. Decorate, as with ornaments
   "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
    
3. Make a reduction in, cut down on
   "trim your daily fat intake"; "trim down your daily fat intake"; "trim back your daily fat intake";
   - reduce, cut down, cut back, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
    
4. Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
   "trim an aeroplane"
    
5. Be in equilibrium during a flight
   "The aeroplane trimmed"
    
6. Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
   - garnish, dress
    
7. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "trim the plants in the garden";
   - snip, clip, crop, lop, dress, prune, cut back
    
8. Cut closely
   "trim my beard";
   - shave
    
9. Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

1. A state of arrangement or appearance
   "in good trim";
   - trimness
    
2. A decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
   "the trim on a shirt";
   - 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
   - trimming, clipping

1. Thin and fit
   "a body kept trim by exercise";
   - spare
    
2. Characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
   "a trim little sailing boat";
   - shipshape, well-kept
    
3. Neat and smart in appearance
   "a trim beard";
   - clean-cut, trig [dialect]
    
4. Severely simple in line or design
   - tailored

Derived forms: trimmest, trimmed, trimming, trimmer, trims

See also: lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], plain, thin, tidy

Type of: adjust, adorn, adornment, attitude, balance, be, beautify, correct, cut, cutting, cutting off, decorate, decrease, embellish, equilibrate, equilibrise [Brit], equilibrize, grace, lessen, minify, neatness, ornament, set, spruceness, thin out

Encyclopedia: Trim, David