'trim' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'trim' with 9 example sentences.

trim adjective

: thin and fit

: characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

: neat and smart in appearance

: severely simple in line or design

trim noun

: a state of arrangement or appearance

: a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment

: attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

: cutting down to the desired size or shape

trim verb

: remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

: decorate, as with ornaments

: cut down on; make a reduction in

: balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces

: be in equilibrium during a flight

: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

: cut closely

: adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

You should trim your fingernails.

Do cats' claws have to be trimmed?

We need to get the hedge trimmed.

Why don't you trim your mustache?

I'd like to have my hair trimmed.

Some people stay trim even without going to a gym.

He trimmed his beard for the wedding.

The dress was trimmed with lace.

Trim the fat off the meat.

Words related to 'trim'

cut prune decorate neat