Trim
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
(2): ( v. t.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
(3): ( v. t.) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
(4): ( n.) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
(5): ( n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
(6): ( n.) Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
(7): ( n.) Dress; gear; ornaments.
(8): ( v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
(9): ( v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
(10): ( v. t.) To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
(11): ( v. i.) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
(12): ( v. t.) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
(13): ( v. t.) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
"to arrange, adorn," is used of "trimming" lamps, Matthew 25:7 . See Adorn , Garnish.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Jeremiah 2:33 (b) This expression is used to describe the preparations which men make to obtain that which they desire.
Matthew 25:7 (c) This illustrates the way that the Lord's people should remove from their lives anything that would keep their testimony from shining out brightly for the Lord.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
The only non-modern use is in Jeremiah 2:33 , "How trimmest thou thy way to seek love!" used for יטב , yāṭabh , "to make good," here "to study out," and the whole phrase means "to walk in an artificial manner," "like a courtesan."
