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pruning |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb prune 1 of 2 senses of prune Sense 1 snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back => shear => poll, pollard => top pinch => disbud Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb prune 1 of 2 senses of prune Sense 1 snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back => shear => poll, pollard => top pinch => tail => disbud Entailment of verb prune Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb prune 2 senses of prune Sense 1 snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back => thin out Sense 2 cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise => eliminate, get rid of do away with Familiarity of verb prune prune used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb prune Sense 1 snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back => thin out -------------- Sense 2 cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise => eliminate, get rid of do away with -------------- Grep of noun pruning pruning pruning hook pruning knife pruning saw pruning shears Overview of noun pruning The noun pruning has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pruning -- (something that has been pruned off of a plant) 2. pruning -- (the act of trimming a plant) Overview of verb prune The verb prune has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 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") Overview of noun pruning The noun pruning has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pruning -- (something that has been pruned off of a plant) 2. pruning -- (the act of trimming a plant) Overview of verb prune The verb prune has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 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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