<adj.all> the spare figure of a marathon runner a body kept trim by exercise
of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
<adj.all> even the barn was shipshape a trim little sailboat
neat and smart in appearance
<adj.all> a clean-cut and well-bred young man the trig corporal in his jaunty cap a trim beard
severely simple in line or design
<adj.all> a neat tailored suit tailored curtains
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.) (a) 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. (b) 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.
Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. {Trimmer}; superl. {Trimmest}.] [See {Trim}, v. t.] 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.
With comely carriage of her countenance trim. --Spenser.
So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats last night. --Trench.
Trim \Trim\, v. i. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
Trim \Trim\, n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments.
Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. --Sir W. Scott.
2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. `` The trim of an encounter.'' --Chapman.
3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
4. (Arch) 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.
{In ballast trim} (Naut.), having only ballast on board. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
{Trim of the masts} (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking.
{Trim of sails} (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.
Richard Loewy, president of AgResource Co., Chicago, said some analysts and speculators had predicted that the early-August dry spell would trim yields sharply below the level actually estimated in the government's September report.
CNW, a Chicago-based railroad holding company, must keep about 350 brakemen on freight trains of its Chicago & North Western Transportation unit; but it may trim crews to three people from four on most of those trains.
Now, 23 months later, the Resolution Trust Corp. is finally beginning those renegotiations, buying back notes issued to shore up the institutions' net worth and trying to trim fat off the payments for covered assets.
President Bush on Tuesday signed a deficit reduction bill that would trim spending by $14.7 billion, with a goal of reducing this year's deficit to about $103 billion, according to supporters of the measure.
Part of Miller's strategy has been to trim the company's costs and reduce its debt through layoffs and selling assets.
SPAIN TO CUT '91 BUDGET Spain will trim its 1991 budget 2.5%, or 341 billion pesetas ($3.1 billion), following a sharp rise in government spending in the first half when the deficit overshot the target for the whole year.
Now we get people in their early 30s, even in their 20s." The precision-cropped hair is mostly gray, but those famous blue eyes remain clear, his skin unlined and his body trim.
Mention also will be made of arms reductions in Europe and upcoming negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union to trim short-range nuclear weapons, also in Europe.
George L. Monahan Jr., director of the Strategic Defense Initiative, told members of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Thursday that Brilliant Pebbles could trim the cost of Phase I of Star Wars.
Management also wanted to trim the differential paid for working night and early-morning shifts from 10 percent to 6 percent, he said.
Early in the crisis, Pan Am had to cancel five flights to Europe for lack of pilots, but it avoids a lasting crunch because reduced travel leads it to trim its overseas flights by 35%.
"He'll have to trim the fat: get rid of the boat, the mansions, the helicopter," one banker involved in the Trump talks told The Wall Street Journal.
Though the decision would penalize Ford and GM, the companies are expected to be able to trim their liability with credits for beating the 1987 and 1988 requirements for fleet fuel economy.
Roy Burry, with Kidder, Peabody & Co., expects Frito-Lay to trim its staff and operations further if price-cutting within the snack-food industry continues.
It has since sold a residential wall covering business and agreed to sell a unit that makes cushions and trim for car and truck seats.
The hunt, the first since 1962, is needed to trim the numbers of the once-threatened alligator, which has rebounded strongly since strict anti-poaching measures were instituted in the early 1970s.
"We feel the rudder trim system is what actually precipitated the USAir accident," said ALPA representative Tom Kraemer on Monday.
Greenspan told lawmakers Tuesday that the Fed has not abandoned its inflation battle as part of some deal with the Bush administration to trim the federal budget deficit.
The European Community said Thursday it would be willing to trim costly export subsidies for farmers, although it still refused to embrace the sharp cuts demanded by the United States.
We just aren't productive enough," he said. "We need more entrepreneurial activity." The company will trim up to 45,000 of its 285,700 workers by the end of next year.
Pianist Bill Andrew will play requests on the grand piano in the Art Deco-inspired club car, where the brass window trim is complemented by "faux tortoise" leather wainscoting.
The Greek drachma may come under heavy pressure today as speculation mounts that the government will be forced to trim interest rates next week. It declined against the D-Mark yesterday, closing at Dr150.1, against Dr147.5 the previous day.
He told stockholders that US Sprint's fiber-optic long-distance telephone network and other technological advancements would boost its share of the market and help trim losses.
The company's job reduction program will trim about 300 of the subsidiary's 3,400 workers, partly through the use of a voluntary retirement program, company spokesman Mark Schannon said.
Now questions are being raised about the future of other small and midsized brokerage firms that lack the market volume and financial muscle to survive growing competition. Many have already begun to trim staff and cut costs.
The brightly colored coats, often with fur trim, cost as much as $250 each.
And it would be amazing if he did not try to trim or even eliminate British and French troop concentrations in West Germany.
The plan to trim Carbide's $3.2 billion debt seems to contradict part of the corporate strategy Mr. Kennedy disclosed recently.
Since its January pledge to sell assets and trim its $8.8 billion in debt, Occidental has sold about $750 million in operations, resulting in net after-tax proceeds of about $500 million.
Canadian Premier Mulroney restructured the cabinet to put his government "in fighting trim" for the next general election, which is expected to be held later this year.