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plural of trim
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(Entry 1 of 2)
something that decorates or beautifies
- added a little trim to her cocktail dress to make it a little fancier
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trims
verb
present tense third-person singular of trim
Synonyms & Antonyms of trims (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to achieve a victory over
- a speed skater who consistently trimmed all his competition
Synonyms for trims
- 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
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- edges (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],
- whips
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2
to defeat by a large margin
- they trimmed our team by 40 points
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- beats,
- bests,
- conquers,
- dispatches,
- hurdles,
- licks,
- masters,
- overbears,
- overcomes,
- overmatches,
- prevails (over),
- subdues,
- surmounts,
- takes,
- throws,
- triumphs (over),
- wins (against),
- worsts
- crushes,
- knocks off,
- knocks over,
- overpowers,
- overthrows,
- overwhelms,
- subjugates,
- upends,
- vanquishes
- aces (out),
- betters,
- eclipses,
- exceeds,
- outdistances,
- outdoes,
- outfights,
- outshines,
- outstrips,
- overtops,
- surpasses,
- tops,
- transcends
- edges (out),
- noses out,
- pips
- [British]
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3
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
- trimmed her bangs
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4
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
- trim a tree for Christmas
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5
to make neat
- trimmed the shrubbery in order to enhance the house's curb appeal
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- neatens,
- picks up,
- redds (up or out)
- [chiefly dialect],
- spruces (up),
- straightens (up or out),
- tidies (up)
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