TRIMMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trimming mean? 

• TRIMMING (noun)
  The noun TRIMMING has 3 senses:

1. the act of adding decoration

2. a decoration or adornment on a garment

3. cutting down to the desired size or shape

  Familiarity information: TRIMMING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIMMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of adding decoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree

Hypernyms ("trimming" is a kind of...):

decoration (the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A decoration or adornment on a garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

passementerie; trim; trimming

Context example:

the trim on a shirt

Hypernyms ("trimming" is a kind of...):

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trimming"):

braid; braiding; gold 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)

Derivation:

trim (decorate, as with ornaments)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cutting down to the desired size or shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

clipping; trim; trimming

Hypernyms ("trimming" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trimming"):

pruning (the act of trimming a plant)

Derivation:

trim (cut closely)

trim (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

 Context examples 

How do you like my trimming? How has Wright done my hair? —with many other relative questions, all answered with patient politeness.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It is caused by improperly fitting shoes and by improper trimming of the nail.

(Ingrown Toenail, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Any agent that inhibits golgi alpha-mannosidase II, a mannose-trimming enzyme that is the final hydrolase in the N-glycosylation pathway.

(Golgi Alpha-Mannosidase II Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with: I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

What took them possibly two minutes took me twenty, but in the end I succeeded in setting and trimming it, and with the steering-oar in my hands hauled on the wind.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You wore a costume of dove-coloured silk with ostrich-feather trimming.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"No, I wouldn't, for the smart caps won't match the plain gowns without any trimming on them. Poor folks shouldn't rig," said Jo decidedly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The biosynthesis pathway of N-glycans is a costly system with respect to the number of enzymes that are involved in the synthesis and trimming of N-glycans.

(Glycosylation of N-linked Oligosaccarides Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Rapid glucose trimming by ER glucosidases generates monoglucosylated N-glycans (Glc0-3Man9GlcNAc2).

(Endoplasmic Reticulum Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

"Like trimming cargo in the tropics," Martin said, when they went upstairs.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)