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[trim] 1. past tense, past participle - trimmed; verb1) (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.) striženje3. adjective(neat and tidy: a trim appearance.) urejen- trimly- trimness
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- in trim* * *I [trim]nounred, (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 razpoloženin travelling trim — v potovalni opremi, oblekito put in trim — spraviti v red, v dobro stanjeII [trim]1.transitive verburediti, 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 figurativelyiskati ravnotežje, kolebati, nihati; politics prilagoditi se, najti ali obdržati srednji kurz, laviratito trim s.o.'s jacket — izprašiti komu hlače, nabiti, našeškati, premlatiti kogato trim one's sails to every wind figuratively obračati plašč po vetruto trim shore figuratively plavati čisto ob obali (ribe)to trim with the times politics figuratively voditi oportunistično politikoto trim away, to trim off transitive verb odstriči, odrezatito trim up transitive verb čedno obleči; okrasiti, nališpati;3.adjectivev dobrem stanju, v redu, urejen; čist, čeden, negova.n, lep, lepo oblečen; eleganten, koketen; čedne postave; ugoden; spreten;4.adverburejeno, čedno, lepó
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