"pruning" in the noun sense

1. pruning

something that has been pruned off of a plant

2. pruning

the act of trimming a plant

"pruning" in the verb sense

1. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

"dress the plants in the garden"

2. cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise

weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

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