trim

1 trimmed, trimming verb (T)

1 CUT to make something look neater by cutting small pieces off it: Your hair needs trimming. | Can you trim the hedge?

2 REDUCE to remove parts of a plan to reduce its cost: We need to trim the Defence budget by a further -500m.

3 DECORATE (usually passive) to decorate the edges of clothes by adding a piece of different material: trim sth with: a dress trimmed with lace

4 SAIL to move the sails of a boat into a position that makes the boat go faster

5 trim your sails informal to spend less money

trim sth off phrasal verb (T) to cut small pieces off something so that it looks neater: Trim off the ragged edges. 2 adjective

1 thin, attractive, and healthy looking: I play tennis regularly to keep trim. | a trim figure

2 neat and well looked after: a trim suburban garden

3 noun

1 (singular) an act of cutting something to make it look neater: My beard needs a trim.

2 be in (good) trim informal to be in good physical condition: The team is in good trim for the match.

3 (uncountable, singular) additional decoration on a car, piece of clothing etc: 1983 Ford Escort, metallic black with white trim

4 (U) the degree to which an aircraft is level in relation to the horizon