Trim - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 04/02/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Trim.

5 letter answer(s) to trim

ADORN
  1. be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
  2. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
  3. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
PRUNE
  1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
  2. dried plum
  3. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
SHAVE
  1. cut closely; "trim my beard"
  2. cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
  3. cut the price of
  4. make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
  5. remove body hair with a razor
  6. the act of removing hair with a razor
  7. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
SMART
  1. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
  2. be the source of pain
  3. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons"
  4. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
  5. elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"
  6. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
  7. painfully severe; "he gave the dog a smart blow"
  8. quick and brisk; "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"
  9. showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

4 letter answer(s) to trim

CLIP
  1. a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
  2. a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
  3. an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
  4. an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
  5. any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
  6. attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
  7. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
  8. run at a moderately swift pace
  9. sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
  10. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
  11. the act of clipping or snipping
NEAT
  1. Archaic word for a domestic bovine animal
  2. clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
  3. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  4. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;
  5. showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
  6. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
  7. without water; "took his whiskey neat"
PARE
  1. cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
  2. decrease gradually or bit by bit
  3. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
  4. strip the skin off; "pare apples"
  5. Trim, clip
SNIP
  1. a bargain
  2. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
  3. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
  4. sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
  5. the act of clipping or snipping

6 letter answer(s) to trim

DAPPER
  1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
  2. Tidy
EDGING
  1. advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
  2. border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
  3. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
  4. provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
  5. provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
REDUCE
  1. be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  2. be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
  3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
  4. cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
  5. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  6. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
  7. lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
  8. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
  9. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
  10. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
  11. make smaller; "reduce an image"
  12. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"

3 letter answer(s) to trim

MOW
  1. a loft in a barn where hay is stored
  2. cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass"
  3. make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

Frequently asked questions about ‘Trim’

What's the best solution for Trim?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Trim is MOW. Other possible answers include ADORN, CLIP, DAPPER, EDGING, NEAT, PARE, PRUNE, REDUCE, SHAVE, SMART, SNIP.

How many solutions are there for Trim?

We have found 12 possible answers for the crossword clue Trim.

Which crosswords feature clues like Trim?

Clues like Trim often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Guardian Quick, The Guardian Genius, Evening Standard, The Sun Coffee Time, The Observer Everyman, among others.

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Trim'

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First-rate22
Smart17
Cut off16
Swell16
Diminish13
Bit12
Cool12
Hurt11
Clever10
Cut out10
Cut short10
Fastener10
Keen10
Chic9
Straight9
Stylish9
Border8
Excoriate8
Fashionable8
Fleece8
Lessen8
Bargain7
Brainy7
Clip7
Elegant7
Intelligent7
Skin7
Well-groomed7
Bar request6
Embellish6
Bright5
Burn5
Cut back5
Decrease5
Festoon5
In order5
Jim-dandy5
On the ball5
Pace5
Small bit5
Spruce5
"Cool!"4
"Super!"4
Deck out4
Decked out4
Hair holder4
In good order4
Ingenious4
Peachy-keen4

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