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PRUNING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of trimming a plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pruning" is a kind of...):

clipping; trim; trimming (cutting down to the desired size or shape)

Derivation:

prune (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that has been pruned off of a plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("pruning" is a kind of...):

cutting (a piece cut off from the main part of something)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb prune

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