Reduce
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair. To lose weight. To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. To bring to an inferior state or condition. To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off. To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen. To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter. To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value. To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").
Example sentence: Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health... you have to increase the quality of what you eat, not just reduce the quantity.
Trim
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'.to decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas treeTo modify the angle of a vessel to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause a vessel to assume, a certain position, or trim, in the water. (FM 55-501).To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: physically fitslender, lean; as a trim figureneat or smart in appearance; as a trim lawn
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: In good order, properly managed or maintained.With sails well trimmed.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or bordersa haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing stylethe manner in which something is equipped or adorned; especially, of a carengaging in sexual intercourseThe fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or sternThe arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
Example sentence: I'm still very professional about my fitness. I stay in trim as I always did.