Meaning

13 senses
  1. (uncountable)Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

    Paint the house white with blue trim.

  2. (countable)A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.

    I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Dress; gear; ornaments.

  4. (countable)The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

    to be in good trim

    Verkleidung, Ausstattung, Innenausstattung

  5. The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

    (countable, especially, uncountable)Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).

    Holonyms: make; model

    Near-synonym: submodel

  6. (uncountable)The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.

  7. (broadly, uncountable)The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.

  8. (mildly, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The female genitalia.

  9. (broadly, mildly, slang, uncountable, vulgar)Sexual intercourse with a woman.

  10. (countable, uncountable)The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

    Trimm, Segeltrimmung

    a state of arrangement or appearance

  12. (countable, uncountable)Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.

Examples

145 sentences
  1. Do you want a trim?

    Підрівняти вам волосся?

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  2. I'd like my hair trimmed.

    Я хотів би підстригтися.

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  3. Why don't you trim your mustache?

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  4. I'm going to trim my beard.

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  5. I need to trim my beard.

    ruМне нужно подровнять бороду.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
the manner in which something is equipped:
arrangement of sails relative to the wind:

Origin

From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; stren

From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”).

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Forms

plural: trims
Singulartrim
Pluraltrims

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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