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trimsnounpl. of trim something that decorates or beautifiesadded a little trim to her cocktail dress to make it a little fancier adornments, beautifiers, caparisons, decorations, doodads, embellishers, embellishments, frills, garnishes, garnishments, garnitures, ornamentations, ornaments, setoffs apparels, bells and whistles, blazonries, bric-a-brac, chichis, emblazonries, filigrees, fineries, foofaraws, fripperies, frostings, froufrous(or frou-frous)fal-lals, flounces, flourishes, furbelows, rufflesenhancements, enrichments, improvementsappliqués, embossments, embroideries, fancyworksbedizenments, gilts, glittersdesigns, figures, patternsfurnishings, regalia, trappings blemishes, defacements, disfigurements, scarsblots, spots, stains trimsverbpresent tense third-person singular of trimto achieve a victory overa speed skater who consistently trimmed all his competition beats, bests, conquers, defeats, dispatches, does down(British), gets, gets around, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), skunks, stops, subdues, surmounts, takes, triumphs (over), upends, wins (against), worsts sweepsedges (out), noses out, pips(British)annihilates, blows away, blows out, bombs, breaks, buries, clobbers, creams, crushes, drubs, finishes, flattens, overwhelms, routs, shellacs, skins, slaughters, smokes(slang), snows under, thrashes, trounces, upsets, wallops, waxes(slang), whipscaps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeedsknocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, subjugates, unseats, vanquishesaces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, excels, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcends gets the better of, knocks for a loop loses (to) falls, gives up, goes down, goes undercollapses, fails, flops, flunks, folds, washes out to defeat by a large marginthey trimmed our team by 40 points annihilates, blows away, bombs, buries, clobbers, creams, drubs, dusts, flattens, pastes, routs, shellacs, skins, skunks, smokes(slang), smothers, snows under, thrashes, tromps, trounces, wallops, waxes(slang), whips, whomps, whops(or whaps), whups sweeps, upsetsbeats, bests, conquers, dispatches, hurdles, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), subdues, surmounts, takes, throws, triumphs (over), wins (against), worstscrushes, knocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, overwhelms, subjugates, upends, vanquishesaces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcendsedges (out), noses out, pips(British)caps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeedsbreaks, destroys, does in, finishes, sinks, slaughters beats the pants off, eats alive, runs circles around(or runs rings around), wipes the floor with(or wipes the ground with) to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumenttrimmed her bangs bobs, clips, crops, cuts, cuts back, docks, lops (off), nips, pares, polls, prunes, shaves, shears, snips skives, whittlesmanicures, mowspinches, stumpscurtails, shortens elongates, extends, lengthens to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becomingtrim a tree for Christmas adorns, arrays, beautifies, bedecks, bedizens, blazons, caparisons, decks, decorates, does, does up, dolls up, drapes, dresses, embellishes, emblazes, embosses, enriches, fancies up, fancifies, festoons, garnishes, glitzes (up), graces, gussies up, ornaments, pretties (up) accessorizes, dresses up, traps, tricks (out)brightens, freshens, smartens, spruces (up)bosses, chasesbraids, embroiders, feathers, figures, filigrees, fillets, flounces, frills, fringes, furbelows, garlands, hangs, laces, ribbons, swags, wreathesappliqués, gilds, paintsdiamonds, gems, impearls, jewels, pearlsredecorates, redoes blemishes, defaces, disfigures, mars, scars, spoils simplifies, streamlinesbares, denudes, dismantles, displays, divests, exposes, reveals, strips, uncoversuglifies to make neattrimmed the shrubbery in order to enhance the house's curb appeal neatens, picks up, redds (up or out)(chiefly dialect), spruces (up), straightens (up or out), tidies (up) arranges, arrays, classifies, codifies, disposes, draws up, marshals(also marshalls), orders, organizes, ranges, systematizes disarranges, disarrays, discomposes, dishevels, disorders, disorganizes, disrupts, disturbs, jumbles, messes (up), mixes (up), muddles, musses, rumples, scrambles, shuffles, tousles, tumbles, upsets |