trim

To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

He trimmed his beard before the interview.

The hedge needs to be trimmed.

To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.

They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.

A rotten building newly trimmed over.

To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.

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.

The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly.

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

Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

Paint the house white with blue trim.

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

I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.

Dress; gear; ornaments.

It was the Winter wilde. While the Heav’n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies: Nature in aw to him Had doff't her gawdy trim, With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize: It was no ſeaſon then for her To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour.

seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim

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

to be in good trim

The measure and whole trim of comeliness

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

Holonyms: make; model

Near-synonym: submodel

Physically fit.

He goes jogging every day to keep in trim.

Slender, lean.

a trim figure

Neat or smart in appearance.

a trim lawn

[…]manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it.