Noun

• S: (n) trim, trimness (a state of arrangement or appearance) "in good trim"
• S: (n) trimming, trim, passementerie (a decoration or adornment on a garment) "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"
• S: (n) trim (attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation)
• S: (n) trim, trimming, clipping (cutting down to the desired size or shape)

Verb

• S: (v) pare, trim (remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size) "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
• S: (v) trim (decorate, as with ornaments) "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
• S: (v) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
• verb group
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) decrease, lessen, minify (make smaller) "He decreased his staff"
• S: (v) suppress (lessen to the point of stopping) "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
• S: (v) mitigate (make less severe or harsh) "mitigating circumstances"
• S: (v) pare, pare down (decrease gradually or bit by bit)
• S: (v) limit, circumscribe, confine to (restrict or confine within limits) "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born"
• S: (v) reduce, boil down, concentrate (cook until very little liquid is left) "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
• S: (v) shrink, reduce (reduce in size; reduce physically) "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
• S: (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
• S: (v) slake, abate, slack (make less active or intense)
• S: (v) turn down, lower, lour (make lower or quieter) "turn down the volume of a radio"
• S: (v) de-escalate, weaken, step down (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of) "de-escalate a crisis"
• S: (v) minimize, minimise (make small or insignificant) "Let's minimize the risk"
• S: (v) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
• S: (v) cut (have a reducing effect) "This cuts into my earnings"
• S: (v) slack, slacken, slack up, relax (make less active or fast) "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
• S: (v) diminish, belittle (lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of) "don't belittle your colleagues"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) trim (balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces) "trim an airplane"
• S: (v) trim (be in equilibrium during a flight) "The airplane trimmed"
• S: (v) trim, garnish, dress (decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods)
• S: (v) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of) "dress the plants in the garden"
• S: (v) shave, trim (cut closely) "trim my beard"
• S: (v) trim (adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used)

Adjective

• S: (adj) spare, trim (thin and fit) "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
• S: (adj) shipshape, trim, well-kept (of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder) "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
• S: (adj) clean-cut, trig, trim (neat and smart in appearance) "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
• S: (adj) tailored, trim (severely simple in line or design) "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"