Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To lose weight.

    I'm hoping to trim down this year.

  2. To deliberately shed operational inefficiencies, including the elimination of non-essential projects and the reduction of headcount or other overhead in order to focus resources exclusively on a startup's most profitable growth engines.

More definitions
  • cut down on; make a reduction in

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I have to trim down my essay.

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  2. I have to trim down my article.

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  3. I have to trim down my book.

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  4. The publisher said I have to trim down my book.

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Forms

trims down, trimming down, trimmed down, trimmed down
Base formtrim down · to trim down
3rd person singulartrims down
Present participletrimming down
Past simpletrimmed down
Past participletrimmed down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrim down
he, she, ittrims down

Past simpleLesson

all personstrimmed down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trimmed down
he, she, ithas trimmed down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trim down

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trimB1trimmingtrinitytrinket
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