Messy vs. Trim — What's the Difference?

Untidy or dirty

To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning

(of a situation) confused and difficult to deal with

To remove the excess or unwanted parts from

Disorderly and dirty

To remove (excess or unwanted parts)

Given to making messes; not neat or organized

To lose (weight or fat) deliberately, as by exercise or dieting.

Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness

To decorate, especially by adding a border or contrasting element

Unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve

To arrange with display items

(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

To thrash; beat.

(of a person) Prone to causing mess.

To defeat soundly

(of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

To cheat out of money

Dirty and disorderly;

To rebuke; scold.

To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly.

To balance (a ship) by shifting its cargo or contents.

To balance (an aircraft) in flight by regulating the control surfaces and tabs.

To be in or retain equilibrium.

To make sails and yards ready for sailing.

To affect or maintain cautious neutrality.

To fashion one's views for momentary popularity or advantage.

To lose weight deliberately. Often used with down.

A cutting or clipping to make neat

An excess or unwanted part that has been removed

State of order, arrangement, or appearance; condition

A condition of good health or fitness

Exterior ornamentation, such as moldings or framework, on a building or vehicle.

Decoration or ornament, as for clothing.

Material used in commercial window displays.

Often trims Excised or rejected material, such as film that has been cut in editing.

The readiness of a vessel for sailing with regard to ballast, sails, and yards.

The balance of a ship.

The difference between the draft at the bow and at the stern.

The balance of rotational forces around the various axes of an aircraft in flight.

In good or neat order.

In good physical condition; fit; slim

Having lines, edges, or forms of neat and pleasing simplicity.

In a trim manner.

(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

(transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.

To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.

To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.

To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.

(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.

(transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

To dress; to make smooth.

To rebuke; to reprove.

To beat or thrash.

To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.

To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).

(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

(countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.

Dress; gear; ornaments.

(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.

The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.

Sexual intercourse.

(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Physically fit.

Slender, lean.

Neat or smart in appearance.

(nautical) In good order; properly managed or maintained.

(nautical) With sails well trimmed.

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.

To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.

To dress, as timber; to make smooth.

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.

To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.

To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.

Dress; gear; ornaments.

Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.

The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.

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.

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.

A state of arrangement or appearance;

A decoration or adornment on a garment;

Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

Cutting down to the desired size or shape

Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;

Decorate, as with ornaments;

Cut down on; make a reduction in;

Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces;

Be in equilibrium during a flight;

Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

Cut closely;

Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

Thin and fit;

(used of hair) neat and tidy;

Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder;

(of persons) neat and smart in appearance;

Severely simple in line or design;