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Trilling
- verb - pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"
- sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
- United States literary critic (1905-1975)
Trillion
- adjective - a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"
- one million million in the United States
- one quintillion in Great Britain
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion"
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"
Trillium
- noun - any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
Trilobed
- adjective - (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes
Trimaran
- noun - a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls
Trimeran
- - One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.
Trimeter
- - Consisting of three poetical measures. -- n. A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures.
Trimmers
- noun - a machine that trims timber
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe"
- capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments
- joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
Trimmest
- adjective - neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
- a person who adapts their views to the prevailing political trends for personal advancement.
- of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
- severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
- thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
Trimming
- verb - a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim an airplane"
- be in equilibrium during a flight; "The airplane trimmed"
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- cut closely; "trim my beard"
- cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
- the act of adding decoration; "the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimm