DICTOMETER

TRIMMING

1. Synonyms:
   • Trimming
   Definitions:
   • the act of adding decoration
   Examples:
   • The children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Trimming
   • Trim
   • Passementerie
   Definitions:
   • a decoration or adornment on a garment
   Examples:
   • The trimming on a hat
   • The trim on a shirt
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Trim
   • Trimming
   • Clipping
   Definitions:
   • cutting down to the desired size or shape
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Pare
   • Trim
   Definitions:
   • remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
   Examples:
   • Pare one's fingernails
   • Trim the photograph
   • Trim lumber
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Trim
   Definitions:
   • decorate, as with ornaments
   Examples:
   • Trim the christmas tree
   • Trim a shop window
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Reduce
   • Cut down
   • Cut back
   • Trim
   • Trim down
   • Trim back
   • Cut
   • Bring down
   Definitions:
   • cut down on
   • make a reduction in
   Examples:
   • Reduce your daily fat intake
   • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Trim
   Definitions:
   • balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
   Examples:
   • Trim an airplane
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Trim
   Definitions:
   • be in equilibrium during a flight
   Examples:
   • The airplane trimmed
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Trim
   • Garnish
   • Dress
   Definitions:
   • decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Snip
   • Clip
   • Crop
   • Trim
   • Lop
   • Dress
   • Prune
   • Cut back
   Definitions:
   • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   Examples:
   • Dress the plants in the garden
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Shave
   • Trim
   Definitions:
   • cut closely
   Examples:
   • Trim my beard
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Trim
   Definitions:
   • adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used