Nouns (9)
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trim
n. attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
trim, trimness
n. a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim"
trimming, trim, passementerie
n. a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"
trim, trimming, clipping
n. cutting down to the desired size or shape
Verbs (11)
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trim
v. adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
pare, trim
v. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
shave, trim
v. cut closely; "trim my beard"
trim, garnish, dress
v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
shave, trim, cut closely
v. cut closely
Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (11)
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spare, trim
adj. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
tailored, trim
adj. severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
shipshape, trim, well-kept
adj. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
trim, snug, fit, taut
adj. (seaworthy)
Fuzzynyms (43)
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decoration, ornament, ornamentation
n. something used to beautify
garnish
n. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
embellishment
n. a superfluous ornament
piping
n. playing a pipe or the bagpipes
molding, moulding, border
n. a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
border
n. a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
thin
v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
rationalize, rationalise
v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
shave, knock off
v. cut the price of
truncate, cut short
v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
pare, pare down
v. decrease gradually or bit by bit
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
v. make more beautiful
range, array, lay out, set out
v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
order
v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"
dress
v. cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
dress, dress up
v. dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
rationalize, rationalise
v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
cleanly
adj. habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"
clean
adj. not carrying concealed weapons
orderly
adj. devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president"
trim, snug, fit, taut
adj. (seaworthy)
shipshape, trim, well-kept
adj. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
Synonyms (66)
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anorexic, anorectic
adj. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
bladed
adj. composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; "bladed arsenopyrite"
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
compressed, flat
adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
adj. characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
slender, slight, slim, svelte
adj. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
gangling, gangly, lanky
adj. tall and thin
lank, spindly
adj. long and lean
rawboned
adj. having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand"
twiggy, twiglike
adj. thin as a twig
scarecrowish
adj. resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure"
skinny
adj. of or relating to or resembling skin
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken
adj. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
adj. having a small waist
spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
adj. having long slender legs
wiry
adj. of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"
wisplike, wispy
adj. thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
chaste
adj. pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
mere, simple, bare
adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
featureless
adj. lacking distinguishing characteristics or features; "the featureless landscape of the steppe"
inelaborate, unelaborate
adj. not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail
literal
adj. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"
simple
adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
combed
adj. (of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side"
ruly
adj. neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard"
slicked up
adj. having been made especially tidy; "slicked up for visitors"
clean-cut, trig, trim
adj. neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
caulked
adj. having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
equipped, fitted out
adj. prepared with proper equipment; "equipped for service in the Arctic"
leakproof
adj. not subject to leaks
Antonyms (4)
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untidy
adj. not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
flyblown, squalid, sordid
adj. foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
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