trimmed

Everyday

1. Trimmed means cut a little to make it neat or tidy, such as trimmed hair, hedges or nails. tree →
2. Trimmed means made smaller by cutting away extra parts, such as fat from meat or words from an essay. tree →
3. Trimmed with something means decorated along the edges: a coat trimmed with fur. tree →
4. (maths, statistics) A trimmed mean is an average worked out after removing the highest and lowest values. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: hair, hedges, nails and Christmas trees are trimmed. In writing lessons a long story can be trimmed. In maths, a trimmed mean ignores the extremes. Phrases: «neatly trimmed», «trimmed with lace», «trim the tree», «trimmed down».

Examples

• Dad trimmed the hedge with big shears. tree →
• I got my fringe trimmed at the hairdresser's. tree →
• The dress was trimmed with blue ribbon. tree →
• We trimmed the Christmas tree with tinsel and lights. tree →
• The butcher trimmed the fat off the meat. tree →
• My essay was too long, so I trimmed it down to 300 words. tree →
• The judges used a trimmed mean, removing the top and bottom scores. tree →
• Early one morning the queen went into the bath-room; it was built of marble, and had soft cushions, trimmed with the most beautiful tapestry. tree →

Note

Past of «trim»: double «m» in trimmed and trimming. «Trim» can also be an adjective meaning slim and neat («a trim figure»).

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: hair, hedges, nails and Christmas trees are trimmed. In writing lessons a long story can be trimmed. In maths, a trimmed mean ignores the extremes. Phrases: «neatly trimmed», «trimmed with lace», «trim the tree», «trimmed down».

Note

Past of «trim»: double «m» in trimmed and trimming. «Trim» can also be an adjective meaning slim and neat («a trim figure»).