Strim vs. Trim

Strimverb

(British) To use a strimmer/string trimmer

Trimverb

(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. The adposition of can be used in the present perfect tense to designate the removed part.

Trimverb

(transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.

Trimverb

To adjust pitch using trim tabs.

Trimverb

To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.

Trimverb

To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.

Trimverb

(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.

Trimverb

(transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

Trimverb

To dress; to make smooth.

Trimverb

To rebuke; to reprove.

Trimverb

To beat or thrash.

Trimnoun

(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

Trimnoun

(countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.

Trimnoun

Dress; gear; ornaments.

Trimnoun

(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

Trimnoun

Sexual intercourse.

Trimnoun

(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

Trimnoun

(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Trimadjective

Physically fit.

Trimadjective

Slender, lean.

Trimadjective

Neat or smart in appearance.

Trimadverb

(nautical) In good order; properly managed or maintained.

Trimadverb

(nautical) With sails well trimmed.

Trimverb

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

Trimverb

To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.

Trimverb

To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.

Trimverb

To dress, as timber; to make smooth.

Trimverb

To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.

Trimverb

To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.

Trimverb

To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.

Trimnoun

Dress; gear; ornaments.

Trimnoun

Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.

Trimnoun

The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.

Trimnoun

The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.

Trimadjective

Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.

Trimnoun

a state of arrangement or appearance;

Trimnoun

a decoration or adornment on a garment;

Trimnoun

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

Trimnoun

cutting down to the desired size or shape

Trimverb

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

Trimverb

decorate, as with ornaments;

Trimverb

cut down on; make a reduction in;

Trimverb

balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces;

Trimverb

be in equilibrium during a flight;

Trimverb

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

Trimverb

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

Trimverb

cut closely;

Trimverb

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

Trimadjective

thin and fit;

Trimadjective

(used of hair) neat and tidy;

Trimadjective

of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder;

Trimadjective

(of persons) neat and smart in appearance;

Trimadjective

severely simple in line or design;