1. Le trim est, en programmation informatique, la suppression des espaces au début et à la fin d'une chaîne de caractères. Généralement, d'autres caractères sont aussi supprimés, notamment les tabulations, retours chariot et sauts de lignes.
2. En informatique, trim (mot anglais pouvant signifier : réduire, tailler, bien arranger, ...) est une commande qui permet à un système d'exploitation d'indiquer à un contrôleur de stockage de type mémoire flash (SSD) quels blocs de données ne sont plus utilisés et peuvent donc être effacés. Cette commande améliore les performances d'accès aux SSD.
3. [verb] (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'. The adposition of can be used in present perfect tense to designate the removed part.
4. [verb] (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas tree.
5. [verb] (transitive) (nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause a vessel to assume, a certain position, or trim, in the water. (FM 55-501).
6. [verb] (transitive) (nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.
7. [verb] (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
8. [verb] To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
9. [verb] (carpentry) To dress (timber); to make smooth.
10. [verb] (dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
11. [noun] (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
12. [noun] (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
13. [noun] Dress; gear; ornaments.
14. [noun] (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
15. [noun] (uncountable) (slang) (mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
16. [noun] (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.
17. [noun] (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
18. [adjective] Physically fit.
19. [adjective] Slender, lean.
20. [adjective] Neat or smart in appearance.
21. [adverb] (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
22. [adverb] (nautical) With sails well trimmed.
23. [noun] A state of arrangement or appearance; 'in good trim'.
24. [noun] A decoration or adornment on a garment; 'the trimming on a hat'; 'the trim on a shirt'.
25. [noun] Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation.
26. [noun] Cutting down to the desired size or shape.
27. [verb] Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; 'pare one's fingernails'; 'trim the photograph'; 'trim lumber'.
28. [verb] Decorate, as with ornaments; 'trim the christmas tree'; 'trim a shop window'.
29. [verb] Cut down on; make a reduction in; 'reduce your daily fat intake'; 'The employer wants to cut back health benefits'.
30. [verb] Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; 'trim an airplane'.
31. [verb] Be in equilibrium during a flight; 'The airplane trimmed'.
32. [verb] Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
33. [verb] Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; 'dress the plants in the garden'.
34. [verb] Cut closely; 'trim my beard'.
35. [verb] Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used.
36. [adjective] Thin and fit; 'the spare figure of a marathon runner'; 'a body kept trim by exercise'.
37. [adjective] Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; 'even the barn was shipshape'; 'a trim little sailboat'.
38. [adjective] Neat and smart in appearance; 'a clean-cut and well-bred young man'; 'the trig corporal in his jaunty cap'; 'a trim beard'.
39. [adjective] Severely simple in line or design; 'a neat tailored suit'; 'tailored curtains'.
