Clues for the word "TRIM"
We've had 244 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 601 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on June 08, 2026.
Definition of trim
- v. t. - To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- v. t. - To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
- v. t. - To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
- v. t. - To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
- v. t. - To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
- v. t. - To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
- v. t. - To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
- v. i. - To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
- n. - Dress; gear; ornaments.
- n. - Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
- n. - The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
- n. - The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
- v. t. - Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
Referring Clues
- Clean-cut
- Tonsorial work
- A little off
- Use clippers
- Quick haircut
- In good physical condition
- Well-groomed
- Remove the fat from
- Quick cut
- Barbershop request
- Fit
- Barber's job
- Svelte
- Deck
- In shape
- Well-kept
- Curtail
- In good shape
- Far from fat
- Edge
- Quick job for a barber
- Bit off the top
- Free of excess matter
- Tassels, e.g.
- Request of a barber
- Quick job in a barbershop
- Add to or remove from
- Far from pudgy
- "Just a little off" at the barber's
- Crop
- Light haircut
- Hang decorations on
- Tonsorial touch-up
- In fighting shape
- Take a little off
- Barbershop quickie
- Barber's service
- Minimal haircut
- Decorate, as a tree
- Like one with six-pack abs
- Quickie for a stylist
- Quick job at the barbershop
- Decorate, as a Christmas tree
- Take a little off the top
- Neat
- Decorative border
- In good condition
- Barely a haircut
- Quickie haircut
- Quick barbering job
- Physically fit
- Cut to fit
- Lean
- Barbershop job
- Piping, for example
- Barber's touchup
- Barbering job
- "Just a little off the top" at the barber's
- It's on your car
- Even off, as hair
- Hang decorations on, e.g.
- In boxing shape
- In great shape
- Little off the top
- Wasp-waisted
- Crop, as a picture
- Barbershop touch-up
- Not a full cut
- Stylist's touchup
- Request to a barber
- Brief haircut
- Garnish
- Lace or ribbons
- Not a major haircut
- Adjust, as a jib
- Decorate
- Pare
- Barbershop service
- Take some off the top, say
- Decoration
- Adornment
- At one's fighting weight, say
- Brief barbering job
- Ornamentation
- Remove, as fat
- Lissome
- Pare down
- Edging
- Light haircut request
- Spruce up
- Decorate, perhaps
- Salon offering
- Adorn
- Prune
- Spruce
- Neat and tidy
- Slender
- Smart
- Request for a hairdresser
- Barber's quick job
- Rick rack
- Shorten slightly
- Slim and fit (figure)
- Barbershop offering
- Cut, as the fat
- Add tinsel to
- Cut the fat
- Slim's partner
- Synonym for 65-Across
- Cut down a bloated budget
- Cut, as fat
- Reduce, as a budget
- Job for a barber
- Dapper
- Adjust, as sails
- "Just a little off the top"
- Barber shop request
- Prune back
- Take a little off the top, say
- Neaten
- Basic barbering request
- Cut back a bit
- Remove fat from
- In good physical shape
- Barbershop choice
- Cut
- Svelte, so to speak
- Wasp-waisted, e.g.
- Not frowzy
- A little off?
- Decorate the Christmas tree
- Employ scissors
- Skirt embellishment
- Tend to a hedge
- Prune the hedges
- Short cut
- Barbershop order
- Work on the hedges
- Apply scissors
- Cut the fat, e.g.
- Slim and fit
- Cut to required size
- Cut back
- Shipshape
- Clip or snip
- Tidy cut
- Window molding
- Sleek
- Rickrack
- Request at the barber's
- Quick barbershop service
- Adjust with Photoshop, maybe
- Decorate a tree
- Take a little hair off the top
- Use scissors on hair
- Decorate a Christmas tree
- Short haircut
- Use scissors
- Clip, as a hedge
- "ust a little off"at the barber's
- Neat work by hairdresser?
- Deck is ship-shape
- Cut and neaten, as hedges
- Clip neatly
- What overweight rockers get before tour?
- Young rocker descriptor
- Guided by Voices "Circle of ___"
- Underworld song off "A Hundred Days Off" album
- What touring rockers try to get after hiatus
- Neat - prune
- Dress - prune
- In good order
- Neat - crop
- Tidy
- Fit - pare
- Neat - cut
- Well-kept - tidy
- Neat - pare
- Endless hilarity over barber's offering
- Tidy - clip
- Opposing sides of Northern Ireland's county and politician appearing orderly
- (Make) neat and tidy
- (Cut) neat(ly)
- Prune, e.g.
- Barber's offering
- Cut (hedge)
- Make ready for sailing while in dock
- Deck, or dock, made shipshape
- Cut, prune; decorate
- Spick and span
- Orderly
- Touch-up up top
- A haircut to excite endless mirth?
- Haircut that's barely noticeable
- Barber's quickie
- Cut the fat from
- Barber's touch-up
- A neat junction at the margin
- Neat work by hairdresser?
- Slim
- Neat, tidy
- Minor haircut
- Make edits for length
- Clip
- Cut, as bangs
- Window dressing
- Edit down
- Shorten, as a beard
- Quick haircut ... or, with 41-Across, period pieces?
- Cut down
- Shorten, as bangs
- Take some off the top
- Achieve the correct balance with the ornamentation
- Prune a bit
- Slender and fit
- Haircut that may go unnoticed
- Make a little shorter
- Piping, perhaps
- Timothy has the right to be tidy
- Crop by cutting
- Barbershop specialty
- Cut down slightly
- Groom, like a beard
- Cut shorter
- Baseboard, e.g.
- Maintenance haircut
- Not a full-on haircut
- Slightly shorten
- Shorten
- Little off the top, say
- Cut back a bit, like bangs
- Subtle haircut
- Prune and spruce?
- Add lace to, e.g.
- Cut a bit
- Do some hedge work
- Salon request
- Take just a little off the end
- Custom car consideration
- Molding, e.g.
- Decorate, in a way
- Embellish, like a Christmas tree
- Decorative auto upgrade
- Version of a car model
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 08, 2026
- New York Times - June 07, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 26, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 20, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 13, 2026
- New York Times - March 10, 2026
- Daily American - March 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 26, 2026
- Daily American - February 18, 2026
- Daily American - January 14, 2026
- Daily American - January 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 09, 2025
- New York Times - October 19, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 20, 2025
- Daily American - September 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 20, 2025
- Daily American - June 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 31, 2025
- Daily American - May 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 07, 2025
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