Trim, a. [Compar. Trimmer superl. Trimmest.]  Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
    With comely carriage of her countenance trim.   --Spenser.
 So deemed I till I viewed their trim array
 Of boats last night.   --Trench.
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 trim
      adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a
             body kept trim by exercise" [syn: spare]
      2: (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: kempt,
          tidy]
      3: of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from
         disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little
         sailboat" [syn: shipshape, well-kept]
      4: (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and
         well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty
         cap" [syn: clean-cut, trig]
      5: severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit";
         "tailored curtains" [syn: tailored]
      n 1: a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" [syn: trimness]
      2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a
         hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: trimming, passementerie]
      3: attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its
         own orientation
      4: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trimming,
         clipping]
      v 1: remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
           "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim
           lumber" [syn: pare]
      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"
         [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim down, trim
         back, cut, bring down]
      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
         [syn: garnish, dress]
      7: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
         plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, lop,
          dress, prune, cut back]
      8: cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: shave]
      9: adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
      [also: trimming, trimmed, trimmest, trimmer]
 trimmest
      See trim