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trimming
[trim-ing] 
| Main Entry: |
trim
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut shorter |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, barber, blue pencil, bob, boil down, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, even up, lop, mow, pare, pare down, plane, prune, put in a nutshell, shave, shear, shorten, slice off, snip, tidy, truncate, whittle down |
| Antonyms: | develop, let grow |
| Main Entry: | trim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
| Synonyms: | clobber, drub, lambaste, lick, smother, thrash, trounce, wax, whip |
| Antonyms: | lose |
| Main Entry: | trimmings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accessories, extras |
| Synonyms: | accent, accompaniments, additions, clippings, decorations, fixings, frills, garnish, ornaments, supplements, trappings |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ornamentation |
| Synonyms: | accessories, accessory, adornment, decoration, embellishment, extra, extras, frill, garnish, trapping, trappings, trim, trimmings |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shearing |
| Synonyms: | clipping, cropping, cutting away, paring down, pruning, shaving off, shortening, snipping, trim |
| Antonyms: | extending, increasing |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, drubbing, flogging, licking, rout, thrashing, whipping |
| Antonyms: | achievement, success, triumph, victory |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border |
| Synonyms: | braid, decoration, edging, embellishment, embroidery, extras, flounce, frill, fringe, garnish, lace, ornament, piping, rickrack, ruffle |
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, boil down, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, reduce, summarize, take out, trim |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
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