trim
Cut the excess
Meanings of trim suggest preparations and actions aimed at improving appearance.
You can trim a hedge, your nails, or your hair to make them look neater.
If you trim fat, you lose weight, or you cut the fat away from a piece of meat.
Trim is the decoration added to something, such as a car, a piece of clothing, or a house: We trim the tree every Christmas Eve.
If you describe someone or something as trim, it’s a compliment for their appearance or condition.
Small quick cut
- clipCut or attach
- pruneDesiccated stone fruit
- shearLateral sliding force
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
clippers · shears · pare · lop · crop · hack · truncate · shorten
Professional who trims locks
- haircutStyling by trimming
- beardFacial hair growth
- mustacheUpper lip hair
- sideburnsCheek hair near ears
shave · razor · fade · taper · buzzcut · crewcut · bangs · layers
Decorative border material
- pipingTubes for fluid transport
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
- tasselOrnamental hanging cluster
- braidInterwoven strand pattern
lace · ribbon · binding · rickrack · applique · gimp · embroidery · beading
Lacking fat; incline
athletic · lithe · streamlined · sleek · muscular · shapely · sculpted · taut
Free from clutter
- orderlyArranged with care
- shipshapeOrderly and neat
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- kemptNeatly maintained in appearance
immaculate · well-kept · polished · crisp · dapper · smart · natty · presentable
Ship's wind-catching fabric
- jibTriangular sail forward
- mainsailPrincipal vessel canvas
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- sheetFlat rectangular material
halyard · boom · tack · heel · ballast · keel · windward · leeward
Decorative architectural edging
- baseboardTrim covering wall-floor junction
- casingEnclosing cover or frame
- jambVertical frame member
- wainscotingLower wall wood covering
crown · architrave · fascia · soffit · quarter-round · cornice · millwork · skirting
snip
Small quick cut
scissors · clippers · shears · pare · lop · crop · hack · truncate · shorten · neaten
barber
Professional who trims locks
sideburns · shave · razor · fade · taper · buzzcut · crewcut · bangs · layers · fringe
edging
Decorative border material
braid · lace · ribbon · binding · rickrack · applique · gimp · embroidery · beading · border
lean
Lacking fat; incline
svelte · athletic · lithe · streamlined · sleek · muscular · shapely · sculpted · taut · firm
tidy
Free from clutter
kempt · immaculate · well-kept · polished · crisp · dapper · smart · natty · presentable · groomed
sail
Ship's wind-catching fabric
sheet · halyard · boom · tack · heel · ballast · keel · windward · leeward · close-hauled
molding
Decorative architectural edging
wainscoting · crown · architrave · fascia · soffit · quarter-round · cornice · millwork · skirting · dado
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- building materialslumber, concrete blocks, concrete, wood, brick
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- decoratedecorate, adorn, beautify, embellish, ornament
- hair termsbangs, fringe, pixie, bob, layers
- hedge trimmerDevice for shaping shrubbery
- wood trimOrnamental lumber edging
- trimming nailsCutting fingertip keratin
- trim downDecrease in size
- beard trimmerTool for shortening whiskers
- trim the sails
trimming, trimmed, trims, trimmer, trimly, trimness, trimmers, untrimmed, trimmest