What is the meaning of trim?

noun

• A state of arrangement or appearance.
  • usage: "in good trim"
  • synonyms: trimness
• A decoration or adornment on a garment.
  • usage: "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"
  • synonyms: trimming, passementerie
• Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation.
• Cutting down to the desired size or shape.
  • synonyms: trimming, clipping

verb

• Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.
  • usage: "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
  • synonyms: pare
• Decorate, as with ornaments.
  • usage: "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
• Cut down on; make a reduction in.
  • usage: "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  • synonyms: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
• Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces.
  • usage: "trim an airplane"
• Be in equilibrium during a flight.
  • usage: "The airplane trimmed"
• Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
  • synonyms: garnish, dress
• Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
  • usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
  • synonyms: snip, clip, crop, lop, dress, prune, cut back
• Cut closely.
  • usage: "trim my beard"
  • synonyms: shave
• Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used.

adjective

• Thin and fit.
  • usage: "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
  • synonyms: spare
• Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder.
  • usage: "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
  • synonyms: shipshape, well-kept
• Neat and smart in appearance.
  • usage: "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
  • synonyms: clean-cut, trig
• Severely simple in line or design.
  • usage: "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
  • synonyms: tailored