trimming
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Synonyms & Antonyms for trimming
Synonyms
beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, rout, shellacking, trouncing, whipping
Antonyms
success, triumph, victory, win
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Pineapple squash is yet another way to use up all those trimmings. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, "3 pineapple drinks to cool off this summer," 3 July 2018 Give fruit trees light trimmings as needed to direct growth. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 This is, for home cooks, a very good thing, because DeBragga grinds the trimmings from wholesale steaks and roasts into burger meat, adding a judicious amount of dry-aged brisket. — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, "The Best Hamburgers Start with Dry-Aged Beef," 28 May 2018 All need periodic trimming to keep them in bounds and reduce their height or remove declining portions. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Poor root system hinders plant growth," 19 May 2018 After that work is completed, homeowners would be responsible for any trimming that is not part of FPL’s regular maintenance schedules. — Larry Barszewski, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Broward restricts planting trees near power lines," 12 May 2018 For most of his 67 years, Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general who projects the weary asceticism of a TV cop perpetually two weeks from retirement, might have been out of place among Mar-a-Lago’s bronzed faces and gilded trimmings. — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, "How Long Can John Kelly Hang On?," 26 Feb. 2018 Decently upscale trimmings and comfortable seats make for a pleasant interior. — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, "2018 Nissan Pathfinder," 22 Mar. 2018 The vast majority of Canadians live along the border, but only a trimming of US citizens live there year around. — Peter Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Northland' is an entertaining trip along America's 4,000-mile northern border," 3 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trimming.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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