Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)In good order; properly managed or maintained.

  2. (not comparable)With sails well trimmed.

Examples

145 sentences

  1. Do you want a trim?

    Підрівняти вам волосся? — deniko

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  2. I'd like my hair trimmed.

    Я хотів би підстригтися. — deniko

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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. — marafon

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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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