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pretrim

pretrim verb: to trim in advance.

Verb

pretrim (third-person singular simple present pretrims, present participle pretrimming, simple past and past participle pretrimmed)

  1. (transitive) To trim in advance.

Forms of pretrim

third-person singular presentpretrims
present participlepretrimming
past participlepretrimmed
pastpretrimmed

Origin of pretrim

From pre- + trim.

Questions about pretrim

What does pretrim mean?
Pretrim means to trim in advance.
What part of speech is pretrim?
Pretrim is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretrim?
The past tense of pretrim is pretrimmed.

Words near pretrim in the dictionary

  1. pretribulationists
  2. pretrigeminal
  3. pretrigger
  4. pretriggered
  5. pretriggers
  6. pretrim
  7. pretrimmed
  8. pretrimming
  9. pretrims
  10. pretrip
  11. pretrochanteric

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