Strim
//stɹɪm// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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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