"strim" meaning in English

See strim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /stɹɪm/ Forms: strims [present, singular, third-person], strimming [participle, present], strimmed [participle, past], strimmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪm 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 cut using a strimmer/string trimmer. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-strim-en-verb-BalhfRCh Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 13 14 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 16 17 8

Inflected forms

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        "(British) To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer."
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