pruning

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/ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.

verb

To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.“A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year.”
To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).“to prune a budget, or an essay”
To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
To preen; to prepare; to dress.

noun

A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

Related words

Synonyms

crop cut dress snip lop clip trim cut back rationalize decontamination haircut sanitation trimming cutting waist clipping

Associated

pruned shears prune minimax bonsai topiary axon thinning grafting mildew harvesting synapses

Rhymes

crooning communing ballooning tuning swooning cocooning spooning nooning impugning mooning

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