prune

English Thesaurus

1. dried plum (noun.food)

hypernym	:	dried fruit,
definition	:	fruit preserved by drying (noun.food)

2. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things (verb.change)

hypernym	:	do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of,
definition	:	terminate, end, or take out (verb.change)

3. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	thin out,
definition	:	make sparse (verb.change)

hyponym	:	shear,
definition	:	cut with shears (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	poll, pollard,
definition	:	convert into a pollard (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	pinch, top,
definition	:	cut the top off (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	disbud,
definition	:	thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers (verb.contact)

4. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things (verb.change)

also	:	curb, curtail, cut back, restrict,
definition	:	place restrictions on (verb.change)

also	:	bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down,
definition	:	cut down on; make a reduction in (verb.change)

also	:	cut out,
definition	:	delete or remove (verb.change)

5. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	clip, clipping, snip,
definition	:	the act of clipping or snipping (noun.act)

derivation	:	clipping, trim, trimming,
definition	:	cutting down to the desired size or shape (noun.act)

derivation	:	pruning,
definition	:	the act of trimming a plant (noun.act)

derivation	:	clipper,
definition	:	shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	lopper, pruner, pruning hook,
definition	:	a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	snip, snippet, snipping,
definition	:	a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	pruner, trimmer,
definition	:	a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs (noun.person)

derivation	:	crop, harvest,
definition	:	the yield from plants in a single growing season (noun.plant)

6. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things (verb.change)

also	:	curb, curtail, cut back, restrict,
definition	:	place restrictions on (verb.change)

also	:	bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down,
definition	:	cut down on; make a reduction in (verb.change)

also	:	cut out,
definition	:	delete or remove (verb.change)

7. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	clip, clipping, snip,
definition	:	the act of clipping or snipping (noun.act)

derivation	:	clipping, trim, trimming,
definition	:	cutting down to the desired size or shape (noun.act)

derivation	:	pruning,
definition	:	the act of trimming a plant (noun.act)

derivation	:	clipper,
definition	:	shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	lopper, pruner, pruning hook,
definition	:	a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	snip, snippet, snipping,
definition	:	a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	pruner, trimmer,
definition	:	a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs (noun.person)

derivation	:	crop, harvest,
definition	:	the yield from plants in a single growing season (noun.plant)