Trimming
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of someone who trims. Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: Present participle of to trim.
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: My eyebrows could do with a trim.