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was trim
verb
To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'. The adposition of can be used in the present perfect tense to designate the removed part.
Exact(21)
He was trim, and his skin glowed.
She was trim, tan and girlish.
The beard was trim, the clothes finer.
Granet was trim and energetic, with a neatly kept goatee.
On the plus side, she was trim, barely 100 pounds, and she did not smoke.
He wore a white T-shirt and was trim and fit, with curly black hair.
Similar(39)
His mustache was trimmed.
Actually, he was trimming the hedges.
The tissue was trimmed, dehydrated, and embedded in paraffin wax.
So the song was trimmed.
The tree was trimmed, lights sparkled and wreathes were hung.
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