Trim - English meaning

verb

Make more beautiful or attractive.

Usage examples:

Pictures and prints adorned his walls

noun

A thing which adorns or decorates; an ornament.

Usage examples:

The necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment

noun

Something decorative, or the act of decorating something or someone

noun

A person who cuts men's hair and shaves or trims beards as an occupation.

Usage examples:

He had his hair cut at the local barber's

verb

Cut or trim (a man's hair).

Usage examples:

His hair was neatly barbered

noun

A person whose job is cutting hair, esp. of men and boys

verb

Cut or trim (a man's hair).

Usage examples:

His hair was neatly barbered

noun

A person who cuts men's hair and shaves or trims beards as an occupation.

Usage examples:

He had his hair cut at the local barber's

verb

Dress up or decorate gaudily.

Usage examples:

A uniform bedizened with resplendent medals

verb

Make a quick, short movement up and down.

Usage examples:

I could see his head bobbing about

noun

A quick, short movement up and down.

Usage examples:

She could only manage a slight bob of her head

verb

Cut (someone's hair) in a bob.

Usage examples:

She'd had her hair bobbed and highlighted

noun

A line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas.

Usage examples:

Panama's western border with costa rica

verb

Form an edge along or beside (something).

Usage examples:

A pool bordered by palm trees

noun

The line that divides one country or place from another

Usage examples:

The rio grande forms part of the us border., the card has a pretty design around the border., [ t ]…

adjective

Elegantly and stylishly fashionable.

Usage examples:

She looked every inch the chic frenchwoman

noun

Stylishness and elegance, typically of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

The hotel's lobby and restaurant are the height of designer chic

noun

A flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place.

Usage examples:

He undid two clips and lifted the lid

verb

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips.

Usage examples:

She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings

noun

An act of clipping or trimming something.

Usage examples:

I gave him a full clip

adjective

(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle.

Usage examples:

Crisp bacon

noun

A wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack.

Usage examples:

Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps

verb

Give (food) a crisp surface by placing it in an oven or under a grill.

Usage examples:

Crisp the pitta in the oven

noun

A cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable.

Usage examples:

The main crops were oats and barley

verb

Cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short.

Usage examples:

She cropped her long golden hair

verb

Short for riding crop or hunting crop.

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

adjective

Neat and trim in dress and appearance (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

He looked very dapper in a dark silk suit

adjective

(of a man) looking stylish and neat

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.

Usage examples:

The town was decorated with christmas lights

verb

To add something to an object or place, esp. to make it more attractive

Usage examples:

They decorated the table with flowers and candles., all four firefighters were decorated for bravery.

noun

The process or art of decorating something.

Usage examples:

The lavish decoration of cloth with gilt

noun

Something added to an object or place to make it look more attractive; the act of doing this

Usage examples:

[ c ] the molding has a floral decoration carved into it., [ u ] some women wear barrettes as decor…

noun

The outside limit of an object, area, or surface.

Usage examples:

A willow tree at the water's edge

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving

verb

A line determining the limits of an area

noun

Something forming an edge or border.

Usage examples:

A chemise with lace edging

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving

noun

Something that is put around the outside of something, usually to decorate it

Usage examples:

A tablecloth with (a) dark edging

adjective

Graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.

Usage examples:

She will look elegant in black

adjective

Graceful and attractive in appearance or behavior

Usage examples:

We met a young businesswoman, elegant in a black suit., he was known for his elegance and wit., ele…

verb

Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Usage examples:

Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

noun

A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.

Usage examples:

Architectural embellishments

noun

Something added to make another thing more beautiful or interesting, or the process of doing this

Usage examples:

The architect was asked to add some sculptural embellishments to the building design., she's a no-n…

noun

A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.

Usage examples:

It was pink, with frills around the collar and bottom hem.

noun

A long, narrow strip of folded cloth that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration

Usage examples:

The frills on that car are nice, but except for air-conditioning, i don’t want them.

noun

The border or outer edges of an area or group.

Usage examples:

The southern fringes of the city

adjective

Not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme.

Usage examples:

Fringe theatre

verb

Short for fringe benefit.

Usage examples:

We offer the highest salary and fringes in the country

noun

The style in which a person's hair is cut.

Usage examples:

He's always very particular about his haircut

noun

An occasion when you have your hair cut, or the style in which it is cut

noun

A small reduction in the price of a share, bond, etc.

Usage examples:

The museum director took a haircut of about 8% from his salary.

noun

The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn.

Usage examples:

The hem of her dress

verb

Turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth).

Usage examples:

She began to hem a border

exclamation

Used in writing to indicate a sound made when coughing or clearing the throat to attract attention or to express hesitation.

Usage examples:

In truth i had slept about 3 hours and breakfast had been a pint of stella — ah hem.

verb

Cut down (grass) with a machine.

Usage examples:

Mow the lawn a day or two before you go, so it stays looking tidy while you are away

noun

A stack of hay, corn, or other crop.

Usage examples:

A hay mow

adjective

(of a person or an article of clothing) smart and fashionable.

Usage examples:

A natty blue blazer

adjective

(among rastafarians) denoting hair that is uncombed or matted, as in dreadlocks.

Usage examples:

The hippie had natty blond hair, and large, vacant-looking eyes with wrinkles around them.

adjective

Stylish and tidy in every detail

Usage examples:

He's always been a natty dresser.

adjective

Arranged in a tidy way; in good order.

Usage examples:

The books had been stacked up in neat piles

noun

A bovine animal.

abbreviation

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (the energy dissipated as heat by a person during minor physical activity, such as fidgeting or shivering, that does not involve a large expenditure of energy and is not perceived as exercise).

verb

Make (something) tidy.

Usage examples:

She made an attempt to neaten her hair

adjective

Neatly and methodically arranged.

Usage examples:

An orderly arrangement of objects

noun

An attendant in a hospital responsible for the non-medical care of patients and the maintenance of order and cleanliness.

Usage examples:

The agreement covers staff working in various roles such as orderlies, patient care assistants, kit…

noun

A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.

Usage examples:

Tables covered with ornaments and books

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.

Usage examples:

A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat

noun

An object that is decorative rather than useful

Usage examples:

They spent decades collecting these colorful, victorian-era ornaments., climbing plants ornamented …

noun

Decorative elements added to something to enhance its appearance.

Usage examples:

A baroque chandelier with plasterwork ornamentation

noun

Decoration

Usage examples:

A plain gold ring with no ornamentation

noun

A tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.

Usage examples:

Roads, bridges, utility lines, water and sewer pipes, and other supporting services have to be rebu…

verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

noun

Lengths of pipe made of metal, plastic, or other materials.

Usage examples:

It was replaced at half time by a length of plastic piping that is normally used as a goal post dur…

adjective

High-pitched.

Usage examples:

The piping voice of a little girl

verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

verb

Cut off the top and branches of (a tree) to encourage new growth at the top.

Usage examples:

It was the practice of local authorities to pollard these trees on a regular basis

noun

A tree whose top and branches have been pollarded.

Usage examples:

Young trees have grown up between the pollards

verb

To cut the tops of trees back so that the tree then grows a small mass of branches close together

Usage examples:

We have improved street lighting and pollarded the trees., i hate the pollarded trees in london., y…

noun

A plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Usage examples:

However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.

verb

Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Usage examples:

Now is the time to prune roses

noun

An instance of trimming a tree, shrub, or bush.

Usage examples:

They need little care other than an annual prune

verb

Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Usage examples:

Now is the time to prune roses

noun

A plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Usage examples:

However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.

noun

An unpleasant or disagreeable person.

Usage examples:

He was a good leader, but a right miserable old prune

noun

Decoration with an ornamental border.

Usage examples:

Close examination of the violin shows that it contains the characteristic purfling

verb

Decorate (something) with an ornamental border.

Usage examples:

One of their bestselling items is a clear plastic raincoat purfled with ribbon

noun

Braided trimming in a zigzag pattern, used as decoration on clothes.

Usage examples:

Print dresses trimmed with rickrack

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

verb

Cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).

Usage examples:

Paul has never sheared a sheep before

noun

A strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.

Usage examples:

The water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear

noun

Cut or cut through with scissors

verb

Make or become shorter.

Usage examples:

He shortened his stride

verb

Make short or shorter

verb

To make something shorter in length, distance, or height

Usage examples:

I’d like to have this jacket shortened by about two inches., a high school knee injury probably sho…

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

The smart of the recent cuts

verb

Cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes.

Usage examples:

She was snipping a few dead heads off the roses

noun

An act of snipping something.

Usage examples:

He took a snip at a dandelion on the grass

verb

To cut something, usually with a few quick actions using scissors (= cutting device with two blades) or a similar device

Usage examples:

I asked the barber just to snip the ends of my hair.

adjective

Smart in appearance.

Usage examples:

A spiffy new outfit

adjective

Stylish, attractive, or pleasing

Usage examples:

She got a spiffy haircut.

noun

A widespread coniferous tree which has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely grown for timber, pulp, and christmas trees.

Usage examples:

The best trees to plant with wildlife in mind are cherry and mulberry for their fruits, pines and s…

adjective

Neat in dress and appearance.

Usage examples:

Angela was a very spruce and tidy person

verb

Make someone or something smarter or tidier.

Usage examples:

The fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings

adjective

Fashionably elegant and sophisticated.

Usage examples:

You don't have to be a designer to create a stylish look in your own small room

adjective

Having a special quality that makes a person or thing seem different and attractive

Usage examples:

Stylish people, stylish clothing

adjective

Arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

His scrupulously tidy apartment

noun

An act or spell of tidying something.

Usage examples:

She's coming to give his house its saturday morning tidy

verb

Bring order to (something); arrange neatly.

Usage examples:

The boys have finally tidied their bedroom

phrasal verb

Arrange something in a neat and ordered way.

Usage examples:

I'll just go and tidy up

noun

An act of making a place or a collection of things tidy

Usage examples:

Let's have/do a quick tidy-up before mum gets home., a basic tidy-up of bedrooms, hallways, and liv…

noun

Trigonometry.

Usage examples:

With all the inverse trig. functions you must carefully select the answer or answers that are appro…

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance.

Usage examples:

Two trig little boys, each in a gray flannel suit

verb

Make neat and smart in appearance.

Usage examples:

He has rigged her and trigged her with paint and spar

noun

Small pieces trimmed off something.

Usage examples:

Hedge trimmings

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

(a piece of) decorative material added around the edge of something

Usage examples:

I want a plain black cardigan with no fancy trimmings., i wore my red jacket with the black trim., …