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?
I trimmed the shutter door too short.
Mappings:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2,wipe_manner-10.4.1
FrameNet: NP
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'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:
VerbNet: wipe_manner-10.4.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: trim.02,trim.04
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:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2,fill-9.8
FrameNet: NP
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:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5
Examples:
We trimmed the sails various ways and followed various courses over the 24 hours.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9