Meaning

3 senses
  1. Physically fit.

    He goes jogging every day to keep in trim.

    fit

    thin and fit

  2. Slender, lean.

    a trim figure

    schlank

  3. Neat or smart in appearance.

    a trim lawn

    gepflegt

    опря́тныйoprjátnyj

    neat and smart in appearance

Examples

145 sentences
  1. Do you want a trim?

    Підрівняти вам волосся? — deniko

  2. I'd like my hair trimmed.

    Я хотів би підстригтися. — deniko

  3. Why don't you trim your mustache?

  4. I'm going to trim my beard.

  5. I need to trim my beard.

    ruМне нужно подровнять бороду. — marafon

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
neat, smart appearance:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
fit:
slender, lean:
neat, smart appearance:

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

trimmer, trimmest
Comparativetrimmer Lesson
Superlativetrimmest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedtrimness
Derivedtrimly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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