What does trimming mean?
Trimming means (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims..
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/ˈtɹɪmɪŋ/ · noun
(uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims..
Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.
I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
“You must know I commissioned a particular friend of mine, Miss Moffat, to buy me a trimming when she went to Paris […].”
Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
to give a boy a trimming
I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.
Use trimming when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trimming means (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims..
Common synonyms include trim, clipping, passementerie.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.
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