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| barber |
a person whose job is to shave, trim, or style hair and beards. |
| chromium |
a shiny, silver-gray metal that is one of the chemical elements. Chromium does not rust easily. It is used on surfaces, such as the metal trim on cars, because it stays shiny. It can be combined with other metals to form alloys. (symbol: Cr) |
| clip1 |
to cut off, cut out, or trim with scissors or shears. [1/5 definitions] |
| crop |
to trim. [1/7 definitions] |
| edge |
to put trim or a border on. [1/6 definitions] |
| prune2 |
to cut off or remove branches, twigs, or other parts from; trim. |
| shear |
to trim the fleece or hair from. [1/2 definitions] |
| shrub |
Shrubs are bushes. A shrub is a plant that has a hard stem and thin, hard branches that begin very close to the ground. Some shrubs can get as high as a small tree. Shrubs grow naturally, but people like to use them for outdoor decoration too. They often plant shrubs around houses and other buildings, and they trim them and keep them fairly short. |
| trim |
When you trim something, you cut it a little to make it look neat, or you cut off parts of it so that you can manage it easily. [5 definitions] |
| whittle |
to cut small bits or thin layers from, or to trim or shape by so doing. [1/2 definitions] |
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