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PRUNING
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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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