Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to trim
Participle: trimmed
Gerund: trimming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | trim |
| you | trim |
| he;she;it | trims |
| we | trim |
| you | trim |
| they | trim |
Perfect
| I | have trimmed |
| you | have trimmed |
| he;she;it | has trimmed |
| we | have trimmed |
| you | have trimmed |
| they | have trimmed |
Past
| I | trimmed |
| you | trimmed |
| he;she;it | trimmed |
| we | trimmed |
| you | trimmed |
| they | trimmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had trimmed |
| you | had trimmed |
| he;she;it | had trimmed |
| we | had trimmed |
| you | had trimmed |
| they | had trimmed |
Future
| I | will trim |
| you | will trim |
| he;she;it | will trim |
| we | will trim |
| you | will trim |
| they | will trim |
Future Perfect
| I | will have trimmed |
| you | will have trimmed |
| he;she;it | will have trimmed |
| we | will have trimmed |
| you | will have trimmed |
| they | will have trimmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | trim |
| you | trim |
| he;she;it | trim |
| we | trim |
| you | trim |
| they | trim |
Perfect
| I | have trimmed |
| you | have trimmed |
| he;she;it | have trimmed |
| we | have trimmed |
| you | have trimmed |
| they | have trimmed |
Imperfect
| I | trimmed |
| you | trimmed |
| he;she;it | trimmed |
| we | trimmed |
| you | trimmed |
| they | trimmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had trimmed |
| you | had trimmed |
| he;she;it | had trimmed |
| we | had trimmed |
| you | had trimmed |
| they | had trimmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would trim |
| you | would trim |
| he;she;it | would trim |
| we | would trim |
| you | would trim |
| they | would trim |
Perfect
| I | would have trimmed |
| you | would have trimmed |
| he;she;it | would have trimmed |
| we | would have trimmed |
| you | would have trimmed |
| they | would have trimmed |
Imperative
| you | trim |
| we | Let's trim |
| you | trim |
Verbs conjugated like 'trim'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'trim'
brim,
crim,
grim,
prim,
rim,
strim,
tram,
trib,
trig,
trip,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make shorter
- abbreviate, abridge, chop off, compress, condense, curt, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, truncate
- cut
- clip, prune, shave, shear, pare, lop, crop, reduce
- modify
- adjust, arrange, prepare
- decorate
- adorn, embellish, garnish, ornament, array, deck, bedeck, dress
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”). See: Old English '
trymman'.
Verbs referencing "trim"
Dutch
trimmen, German, old spelling
trimmen, Icelandic
trimma.
Sample Sentences
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[...] gentle “ Hadn't thee better ? ” in the work of getting breakfast; for a breakfast in the luxurious valleys of Indiana is a thing complicated and multiform, and, like picking up the rose-leaves and trimming the bushes in Paradise, asking other hands than those of the original mother. While, therefore, John ran to the spring for fresh water, and Simeon the second sifted meal for corn-cakes, and Mary [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O, bother ! don't plague me, Emily ! — I can't tell exactly. I know somewhere about what things are likely to be; but there's no trimming and squaring my affairs, as Chloe trims crust off her pies. You don't know anything about business, I tell you. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)