trimming
IPA: trˈɪmɪŋ
noun
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.
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Examples of "trimming" in Sentences
- The rest of the trimming seems to be alright.
- A solution that one of AMI's researchers described as "trimming poison ivy!"
- From what I understand, "trimming" is a sailing term that means moving the sails in the direction of the wind.
- The executive spent much of his first term trimming costs and shedding assets, and the CEO aims to outgrow rivals and elevate sales to 100 billion euros.
- The biggest question Gruden faces in trimming his squad to 53 players on Saturday is what he'll do with the fifth-year pro, who missed most of last season after having surgery to remove his spleen.
- Several times the noises made by the boat's crew in trimming the sheets to the shifting draught of air roused Van Horn, and each time, remembering the puppy, he pressed him caressingly with his hollowed arm.
- Several times the noises made by the boat’s crew in trimming the sheets to the shifting draught of air roused Van Horn, and each time, remembering the puppy, he pressed him caressingly with his hollowed arm.
- Mrs. Dorothea Lucretia Dixwell was the widow of a Tory merchant, who, by rare skill in trimming his boat to suit the times, had come through the Revolutionary war with a handsome property unimpaired, which, dying shortly after, he left to his widow.
- The executive spent much of his first term trimming costs and shedding assets, and the CEO aims to outgrow rivals and elevate sales to 100 billion euros. 53- year-old Loescher became the first outsider ever to run Siemens after a bribery scandal swept out his predecessors.
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