TRIMMER

trimmer, trimmer joist

(noun) joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.

trimmer, trimming capacitor

(noun) capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments

trimmer

(noun) a machine that trims timber

pruner, trimmer

(noun) a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; “untouched by the pruner’s axe”

TRIM

spare, trim

(adjective) thin and fit; “the spare figure of a marathon runner”; “a body kept trim by exercise”

tailored, trim

(adjective) severely simple in line or design; “a neat tailored suit”; “tailored curtains”

trig, clean-cut, trim

(adjective) neat and smart in appearance; “a clean-cut and well-bred young man”; “the trig corporal in his jaunty cap”; “a trim beard”

shipshape, trim, well-kept

(adjective) of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; “even the barn was shipshape”; “a trim little sailboat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

trimmer

comparative form of trim

Noun

trimmer (plural trimmers)

One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

A device used to trim.

(nautical) A member of the crew who trims the sails.

Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc, according to current interest, a flip-flopper.

(architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.

(mining, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.

(mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.

(fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.

(dated) One who trims, or rebukes or reproves; a scold.

Proper noun

Trimmer (plural Trimmers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trimmer is the 9276^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3509 individuals. Trimmer is most common among White (90.48%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Trim"mer, n.

1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver. Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. Macaulay.

3. An instrument with which trimming is done.

4. (Arch.)

Definition: A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.

TRIM

Trim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trimming.] Etym: [OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of uncertain origin.]

1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. The hermit trimmed his little fire. Goldsmith.

2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat. trim a Christmas tree. A rotten building newly trimmed over. Milton. I was trimmed in Julia's gown. Shak.

3. To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree. " And trimmed the cheerful lamp." Byron.

4. (Carp.)

Definition: To dress, as timber; to make smooth.

5. (Naut.) (a) 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. (b) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.

6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.] To trim in (Carp.), to fit, as a piece of timber, into other work.

– To trim up, to dress; to put in order. I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead mistress. Shak.

Trim, v. i.

Definition: To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.

Trim, n.

1. Dress; gear; ornaments. Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. Sir W. Scott.

2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of an encounter." Chapman.

3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.

4. (Arch)

Definition: 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. In ballast trim (Naut.), having only ballast on board. R. H. Dana, Jr.

– Trim of the masts (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking.

– Trim of sails (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.

Trim, a. [Compar. Trimmer; superl. Trimmest.] Etym: [See Trim, v. t.]

Definition: 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. With comely carriage of her countenance trim. Spenser. So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats last night. Trench.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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