| tupi | | |
| n. (person) | 1. tupi | a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay. |
| ~ south american indian | a member of a native Indian group in South America. |
| n. (communication) | 2. tupi | the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay. |
| ~ tupi-guarani, tupi-guarani language | a family of South American Indian languages. |
| trim | | |
| n. (state) | 1. trim, trimness | a state of arrangement or appearance.; "in good trim" |
| ~ neatness, spruceness | the state of being neat and smart and trim. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. passementerie, trim, trimming | a decoration or adornment on a garment.; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt" |
| ~ adornment | a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness. |
| ~ braiding, gold braid, braid | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains. |
| ~ miniver | trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur. |
| ~ rickrack, ricrac | a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. trim | attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation. |
| ~ attitude | position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion). |
| n. (act) | 4. clipping, trim, trimming | cutting down to the desired size or shape. |
| ~ cutting off, cutting, cut | the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends.; "the barber gave him a good cut" |
| ~ pruning | the act of trimming a plant. |
| v. (contact) | 5. pare, trim | remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" |
| ~ dress | cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (creation) | 6. trim | decorate, as with ornaments.; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| v. (change) | 7. bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ shorten | make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration.; "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
| ~ spill | reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail). |
| ~ quench | reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance. |
| ~ cut | have a reducing effect.; "This cuts into my earnings" |
| ~ retrench | make a reduction, as in one's workforce.; "The company had to retrench" |
| ~ slash | cut drastically.; "Prices were slashed" |
| ~ thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ thin | make thin or thinner.; "Thin the solution" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ detract, take away | take away a part from; diminish.; "His bad manners detract from his good character" |
| ~ deflate | reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices.; "deflate the currency" |
| ~ inflate | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value.; "inflate the currency" |
| ~ downsize | reduce in size or number.; "the company downsized its research staff" |
| ~ subtract | take off or away.; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" |
| ~ knock off, shave | cut the price of. |
| v. (stative) | 8. trim | balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces.; "trim an airplane" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| ~ trim | be in equilibrium during a flight.; "The airplane trimmed" |
| v. (stative) | 9. trim | be in equilibrium during a flight.; "The airplane trimmed" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ trim | balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces.; "trim an airplane" |
| v. (creation) | 10. dress, garnish, trim | decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods. |
| ~ dress out, dress | kill and prepare for market or consumption.; "dress a turkey" |
| ~ dress | put a dressing on.; "dress the salads" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| v. (contact) | 11. clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.; "dress the plants in the garden" |
| ~ thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ shear | cut with shears.; "shear hedges" |
| ~ pollard, poll | convert into a pollard.; "pollard trees" |
| ~ pinch, top | cut the top off.; "top trees and bushes" |
| ~ disbud | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers. |
| v. (contact) | 12. shave, trim | cut closely.; "trim my beard" |
| ~ cut | shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.; "cut my hair" |
| ~ fleece, shear | shear the wool from.; "shear sheep" |
| v. (change) | 13. trim | adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used. |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| adj. | 14. spare, trim | thin and fit.; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" |
| ~ lean, thin | lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" |
| adj. | 15. shipshape, trim, well-kept | of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder.; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat" |
| ~ tidy | marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits.; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" |
| adj. | 16. clean-cut, trig, trim | neat and smart in appearance.; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard" |
| ~ tidy | marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits.; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" |
| adj. | 17. tailored, trim | severely simple in line or design.; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" |
| ~ plain | not elaborate or elaborated; simple.; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" |
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