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1. Made neat and tidy by trimming
   "his neatly trimmed hair"
   - cut

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. Cut down on; make a reduction in
   - 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
   - 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

See also: clipped, trimmer, trimming

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

Antonym: untrimmed

Encyclopedia: Trim Trim, County Meath