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# trimmed

verb form (past and past participle of «trim»: trim, trims, trimmed, trimming); adjective (trimmed)

«trimmed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Trimmed means cut a little to make it neat or tidy, such as trimmed hair, hedges or nails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#m1)
2. Trimmed means made smaller by cutting away extra parts, such as fat from meat or words from an essay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#m2)
3. Trimmed with something means decorated along the edges: a coat trimmed with fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#m3)
4. (maths, statistics) A trimmed mean is an average worked out after removing the highest and lowest values. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: hair, hedges, nails and Christmas trees are trimmed. In writing lessons a long story can be trimmed. In maths, a trimmed mean ignores the extremes. Phrases: «neatly trimmed», «trimmed with lace», «trim the tree», «trimmed down».

### Examples

- Dad trimmed the hedge with big shears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x1)
- I got my fringe trimmed at the hairdresser's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x2)
- The dress was trimmed with blue ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x3)
- We trimmed the Christmas tree with tinsel and lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x4)
- The butcher trimmed the fat off the meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x5)
- My essay was too long, so I trimmed it down to 300 words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x6)
- The judges used a trimmed mean, removing the top and bottom scores. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x7)
- Early one morning the queen went into the bath-room; it was built of marble, and had soft cushions, trimmed with the most beautiful tapestry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/#x8)

### Note

Past of «trim»: double «m» in trimmed and trimming. «Trim» can also be an adjective meaning slim and neat («a trim figure»).

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: hair, hedges, nails and Christmas trees are trimmed. In writing lessons a long story can be trimmed. In maths, a trimmed mean ignores the extremes. Phrases: «neatly trimmed», «trimmed with lace», «trim the tree», «trimmed down».

### Note

Past of «trim»: double «m» in trimmed and trimming. «Trim» can also be an adjective meaning slim and neat («a trim figure»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trimmed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trimmed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trimmed.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «trimmed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trimmed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trimmed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/trimmed.html) on Mova free.