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Trimmed

Trim \Trim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trimming.] [OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of uncertain origin.]

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

    The hermit trimmed his little fire.
    --Goldsmith.

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

    A rotten building newly trimmed over.
    --Milton.

    I was trimmed in Julia's gown.
    --Shak.

  3. To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree. `` And trimmed the cheerful lamp.''
    --Byron.

  4. (Carp.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.

  5. (Naut.)

    1. 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.

    2. To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.

  6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.]

    To trim in (Carp.), to fit, as a piece of timber, into other work.

    To trim up, to dress; to put in order.

    I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress.
    --Shak.

Wiktionary
trimmed
  1. 1 that has been trimmed 2 furnished with trimmings v

  2. (en-past of: trim)

WordNet
trim
  1. adj. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" [syn: spare]

  2. (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: kempt, tidy]

  3. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat" [syn: shipshape, well-kept]

  4. (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap" [syn: clean-cut, trig]

  5. severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" [syn: tailored]

  6. [also: trimming, trimmed, trimmest, trimmer]

trim
  1. v. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" [syn: pare]

  2. decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"

  3. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down]

  4. balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim an airplane"

  5. be in equilibrium during a flight; "The airplane trimmed"

  6. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: garnish, dress]

  7. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, lop, dress, prune, cut back]

  8. cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: shave]

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

  10. [also: trimming, trimmed, trimmest, trimmer]

trim
  1. n. a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" [syn: trimness]

  2. a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: trimming, passementerie]

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

  4. cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trimming, clipping]

  5. [also: trimming, trimmed, trimmest, trimmer]

trimmed

adj. made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" [syn: cut] [ant: untrimmed]

trimmed

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Wikipedia
Trimmed

Trimmed is a 1922 American Western film directed by Harry A. Pollard and featuring Hoot Gibson. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.

Usage examples of "trimmed".

It was fine cambric, trimmed with lacework, with the swan of House Courcel embroidered small in one corner.

The Illyrians trimmed the sails close and went to oars, jesting good-naturedly, and as the lead ship, we glided into the cool shade.

In white robes of state trimmed with purple-and-gold borders, he seemed more the ruler.

I had washed most of the dye from his hair at the Little Court, and trimmed the ends so that he looked somewhat presentable.

One-name foresters had felled select hardwoods the previous summer and trimmed them.

It was dark against the dazzling white of his ruffled cuff but clean, with nails neatly trimmed and given some care, out of character for an ordinary bondsman.

In the lengthening shadows of late afternoon, the schooner trimmed her sails and slipped cautiously along a string of small, swampy islands, little more than reefs choked with sand and crowded with cypress and occasional groups of palms.

He seized a small branch and with a knife trimmed it until it made a neat walking stick, and as he went along, he aimlessly swatted tufts of grass and hanging twigs.

Going aloft to rig the topsail was out of the question, so Ruark trimmed the ship on course and had Gaitlier lash the wheel in place.

The strangers were brightly dressed in tunics and capes trimmed with borders of red leaves and blue diamonds.

Tall, pointed both at the front and at the back, the mitre was made of a stiff white cloth and trimmed with thickly embroidered gold ribbons.

Helvidius limped over and threw a bloodied cape, trimmed with fabulous gold braid embroidery, over her shoulders.

She wore a fine silk tunic dyed a rich indigo and leather shoes trimmed with gold braid.

He himself had neatly trimmed dark hair, a smooth-shaven face, and bright black eyes.

Zinthys wore a different, but equally rich-looking velvet robe, trimmed in white fur around the shoulders.