TRIM

Tri-M

Tri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society and is a program of the National Association for Music Education . It is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements and to provide leadership and service opportunities to young musicians. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher. There are approximately 6200 participating chapters in several countries.

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Trim

Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament.

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trim

Noun

  1. Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
    Paint the house white with blue trim.
  2. A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
    I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.
  3. Dress; gear; ornaments.
  4. The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
    The car comes in three different trims.
    to be in good trim
  5. Sexual intercourse.
  6. 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.
  7. The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Verb

  1. To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'.
  2. To decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas tree.
  3. 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).
  4. To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.
  5. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
  6. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
  7. To dress (timber); to make smooth.
  8. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.

Adjective

  1. physically fit
    He goes jogging every day to keep trim.
  2. slender, lean; as a trim figure
  3. neat or smart in appearance; as a trim lawn

Adverb

  1. In good order, properly managed or maintained.
  2. With sails well trimmed.


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