Trim vs Deck - What's the difference?

Trim is a related term of deck.

As adjectives the difference between trim and deck

is that trim is physically fit while deck is thick.

As a verb trim

is to reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; eg 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard' the adposition of can be used in present perfect tense to designate the removed part.

As a noun trim

is (uncountable) decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

As an adverb trim

is (nautical) in good order, properly managed or maintained.

trim

English

(wikipedia trim)

Verb

To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'. The adposition of can be used in present perfect tense to designate the removed part.

(present perfect example)

To decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas tree.

* Milton

A rotten building newly trimmed over.

* Shakespeare

I was trimmed in Julia's gown.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}

(nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause a vessel to assume, a certain position, or trim, in the water. (FM 55-501).

* 1883 ,

The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly.

(nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.

(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

* Goldsmith

The hermit trimmed his little fire.

(carpentry) To dress (timber); to make smooth.

(dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

Paint the house white with blue trim .

(countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.

I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.

Dress; gear; ornaments.

* Sir Walter Scott

seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim

(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

The car comes in three different trims .

to be in good trim

(Chapman)

Sexual intercourse.

(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Adjective

(trimmer)

Physically fit.

Slender, lean.

Neat or smart in appearance.

*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,

*:manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it.

*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.

Adverb

(-)

(nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.

(nautical) With sails well trimmed.

Usage notes

* More often used in combinations, eg, "trim-sailed".

Anagrams

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deck

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

(lb) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A set of slides for a presentation.

*2011 , David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business

*:Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.

(lb) A heap or store.

*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

*:Whohath such trinkets / Ready in the deck .

Derived terms

* afterdeck * below decks * flight deck * foredeck * forward deck * lower deck * poopdeck * quarterdeck * rear deck * stern deck

Verb

(en verb)

(uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

(slang) In a fight or brawl, to knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance

* 1919 ,

They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.

* Bible, Job xl. 10

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency.

* Shakespeare

Deck my body in gay ornaments.

To decorate (something).

* Dryden

The dew with spangles decked the ground.

To cover; to overspread.

* Milton

to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky

Usage notes

* See deck out