Trim vs Thin - What's the difference?

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 adjective trim

is physically fit.

As an adverb trim

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

As a proper noun thin is

the fifth earthly branch represented by the.

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".

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thin

English

Adjective

(thinner)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

thin plate of metal

thin paper

thin board

thin covering

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

thin wire

thin string

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .

* Addison

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

* Dryden

thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

a thin disguise

Synonyms

* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See also

Antonyms

* thick

Derived terms

* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thin

Noun

(en noun)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

chocolate mint thins

potato thins

Verb

To make thin or thinner.

To become thin or thinner.

To dilute.

To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.

Derived terms

* thin out

Adverb

(en adverb)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

seed sown thin

* Francis Bacon

Spain is thin sown of people.

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