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  • 1 trim

    [trim] 1. past tense, past participle - trimmed; verb
    1) (to cut the edges or ends of (something) in order to make it shorter and/or neat: He's trimming the hedge; She had her hair trimmed.)
    2) (to decorate (a dress, hat etc, usually round the edges): She trimmed the sleeves with lace.)
    3) (to arrange (the sails of a boat etc) suitably for the weather conditions.)
    2. noun
    (a haircut: She went to the hairdresser's for a trim.) striženje
    3. adjective
    (neat and tidy: a trim appearance.) urejen
    - trimness
    - trimming
    - in good trim
    - in trim
    * * *
    I [trim]
    noun
    red, (pravilno) stanje; razpoloženje, (telesno, duševno) stanje; oprema, (gala, paradna) obleka, okras; nautical opremijenost, oborožitev, pripravljenost; pravilen položaj (jader, jamborov) proti vetru; uravnoteženost (tovora, bremena)
    in fighting trim — military pripravljen za boj, za borbo (tudi figuratively)
    in good trim, out of trim — dobro, slabo opremljen; figuratively dobro, slabo razpoložen
    in travelling trim — v potovalni opremi, obleki
    to put in trim — spraviti v red, v dobro stanje
    II [trim]
    1.
    transitive verb
    urediti, v red spraviti, namestiti; pripraviti; opremiti; obleči, odeti ( with z); okrasiti, okititi, dekorirati; obšiti, zarobiti, garnirati (obleko, klobuk itd.) ( with z); počesati, ostriči, pristriči (lase, brado) (off, away); obrezati (nohte); oklestiti, pristriči (drevje, živo mejo); kopuniti (petelina); (pod)netiti, podkuriti (ogenj); prirezati, utrniti (stenj sveče); očistiti (svetilko); obtesati (les); nautical dobro namestiti (tovor); natovoriti ladjo, kot treba; uravnotežiti ladjo; obrniti jadra proti vetru; military nameriti top; colloquially ukoriti, grajati, ozmerjati; premlatiti, pretepsti; potolči, poraziti; slang prevarati, ogoljufati, oslepariti;
    2.
    intransitive verb figuratively
    iskati ravnotežje, kolebati, nihati; politics prilagoditi se, najti ali obdržati srednji kurz, lavirati
    to trim s.o.'s jacket — izprašiti komu hlače, nabiti, našeškati, premlatiti koga
    to trim one's sails to every wind figuratively obračati plašč po vetru
    to trim shore figuratively plavati čisto ob obali (ribe)
    to trim with the times politics figuratively voditi oportunistično politiko
    to trim away, to trim off transitive verb odstriči, odrezati
    to trim up transitive verb čedno obleči; okrasiti, nališpati;
    3.
    adjective
    v dobrem stanju, v redu, urejen; čist, čeden, negova.n, lep, lepo oblečen; eleganten, koketen; čedne postave; ugoden; spreten;
    4.
    adverb
    urejeno, čedno, lepó

    English-Slovenian dictionary > trim

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  • Trim — Trim, n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments. [1913 Webster] Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. The trim of an encounter. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trim of the masts — Trim Trim, n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments. [1913 Webster] Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. The trim of an encounter. Chapman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • trim — trimly, adv. trimness, n. /trim/, v., trimmed, trimming, n., adj., trimmer, trimmest, adv. v.t. 1. to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge. 2. to remove (something superfluous or dispensable) by …   Universalium

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