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Pruning

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pruning"

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Word	Definition
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
dressnoun	(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
snipnoun	To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
lopnoun	(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
clipnoun	To grip tightly.
trimnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
cut backverb	(transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
rationalizeverb	To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.
decontaminationnoun	The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
haircutnoun	The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
sanitationnoun	The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.
trimmingnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
cuttingnoun	(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
waistnoun	(anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
clippingnoun	(uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
cutoutnoun	Alternative spelling of cut-out. [A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.]
croppingnoun	(agriculture) The growing of crops.
heightnoun	The distance from the base to the top of something.
clean-upnoun	Alternative spelling of cleanup. [The act of cleaning or tidying something; the act of finishing something off.]