"strim" meaning in English

See strim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: strims [present, singular, third-person], strimming [participle, present], strimmed [participle, past], strimmed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from strimmer, originally a trademark. Head templates: {{en-verb}} strim (third-person singular simple present strims, present participle strimming, simple past and past participle strimmed)
  1. (British) To use a strimmer/string trimmer Tags: British

Inflected forms

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