| verb | remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size “pare one's fingernails” |
| verb | decorate, as with ornaments “trim the christmas tree” |
| verb | cut down on; make a reduction in “reduce your daily fat intake” |
| verb | balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces “trim an airplane” |
| verb | be in equilibrium during a flight “The airplane trimmed” |
| verb | decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods |
| verb | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of “dress the plants in the garden” |
| verb | cut closely “trim my beard” |
| verb | adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used |
| adjective | made neat and tidy by trimming “his neatly trimmed hair” |
| parer | noun | a manicurist who trims the fingernails |
| trimmer | noun | a machine that trims timber |
| trim | noun | a decoration or adornment on a garment |
| trimming | noun | a decoration or adornment on a garment |
| reductive | adjective | characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; - R.H.Rovere |
| reduction | noun | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| cutback | noun | a reduction in quantity or rate |
| garnish | noun | any decoration added as a trimming or adornment |
| snip | noun | a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) |
| clip | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| clipper | noun | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) |
| clipping | noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| crop | noun | the yield from plants in a single growing season |
| lopper | noun | a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees |
| pruner | noun | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| pruning | noun | the act of trimming a plant |