Verb
1. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
"pare one's fingernails""trim the photograph""trim lumber"2. decorate, as with ornaments;
"trim the christmas tree""trim a shop window"3. cut down on; make a reduction in;
"reduce your daily fat intake""The employer wants to cut back health benefits"4. balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces;
"trim an airplane"5. be in equilibrium during a flight;
"The airplane trimmed"6. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
7. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
"dress the plants in the garden"8. cut closely;
"trim my beard"9. adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used