Examples:
Groomers trimmed the poodles' tails to look like flags.
How often should I have my bird's beak trimmed?
Then the wrapper leaf was placed on a wood board and trimmed.
He trimmed the roof of the house with a modified cheese cutter.
He trimmed the photo to fit in the cellophane around a pack of cigarettes.
Can I trim it back now, since the blooms have died off?
Mappings:
PropBank: trim.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 7, 8
Examples:
We trimmed the dimensions and honed the aesthetics.
I've trimmed my mailing lists, trimmed the blog-list, trimmed the number of TV shows I watch.
I trimmed the shutter door finger too short.
I've trimmed the forbidden word list, so you may escape moderation from now on.
The visiting team trimmed the gap to two points with a penalty after 48 minutes.
Mappings:
PropBank: trim.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
trim_down 1
trim_back 1
Examples:
Then we trimmed the right arm with grosgrain ribbon and the left with a perfect bow.
First they trimmed the Christmas tree at Park City Mall in Lancaster, PA., then they trimmed Santa.
Mappings:
PropBank: trim.03
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 6
Examples:
An airplane must have some positive incidence to trim for normal flight.
The pilot should trim the airplane so it will fly straight and level without assistance.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5
Examples:
We trimmed the sails various ways and followed various courses over the 24 hours.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9