trim

trim
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noun
Trim is used after these nouns: ↑fur, ↑wheel, ↑wood
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verb
ADVERB
carefully, neatly, perfectly

his neatly trimmed beard

a perfectly trimmed lawn

away, off

Trim away the lower leaves.

back, down (figurative)

We need to trim the hedge back.

The board will be trimmed down to eight members.

into

We trimmed the bush into a heart shape.

PHRASES
get your hair trimmed, have your hair trimmed
Trim is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beard, ↑branch, ↑budget, ↑bush, ↑edge, ↑end, ↑fat, ↑fringe, ↑hair, ↑hedge, ↑lawn, ↑moustache, ↑nail, ↑sail, ↑shrub, ↑stem, ↑toenail, ↑workforce
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adj.
Trim is used with these nouns: ↑beard, ↑figure

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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