- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- June 22 2023
- Make the cut?
Make the cut?
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Make the cut?' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Make the cut? crossword clue was last seen on June 22 2023 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | TRIM | Make the cut? | Wall Street Journal |
| 20% | SAWS | Tools that make the cut? | LA Times |
| 20% | ORS | Where MDs make the cut? | Universal |
Definition
| • | To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. |
| • | To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat. |
| • | To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree. |
| • | To dress, as timber; to make smooth. |
| • | To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat. |
| • | To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails. |
| • | To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. |
| • | To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each. |
| • | Dress; gear; ornaments. |
| • | Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. |
| • | The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing. |
| • | The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points. |
| • | Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. |
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- Wall Street Journal: Jun 22, 2023
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