Arraying and Trimming

noun

• The act of adding decoration.
  • usage: "the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree"
• A decoration or adornment on a garment.
  • usage: "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"
  • synonyms: trim, passementerie
• Cutting down to the desired size or shape.
  • synonyms: trim, clipping

verb

• Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.
  • usage: "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
  • synonyms: pare, trim
• Decorate, as with ornaments.
  • usage: "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
  • synonyms: trim
• Cut down on; make a reduction in.
  • usage: "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  • synonyms: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
• Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces.
  • usage: "trim an airplane"
  • synonyms: trim
• Be in equilibrium during a flight.
  • usage: "The airplane trimmed"
  • synonyms: trim
• Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
  • synonyms: trim, garnish, dress
• Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
  • usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
  • synonyms: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
• Cut closely.
  • usage: "trim my beard"
  • synonyms: shave, trim
• Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used.
  • synonyms: trim

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Trim.
• (n.) The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.
• a. from Trim, v.
• (n.) The act of one who trims.
• (n.) That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings. --.