Strim

//stɹɪm// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer. British

    "Videos showed a badger entering a sett less than two metres from where the contractors had been using petrol hedge-trimmers to strim brambles, the resident said."

Example

More examples

"Videos showed a badger entering a sett less than two metres from where the contractors had been using petrol hedge-trimmers to strim brambles, the resident said."

Etymology

Back-formation from strimmer, originally a trademark.

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