2syllables
pruning
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Definitions ofpruning
1verb
- To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
1verb
- To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
Example: "A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year."
- To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
Example: "to prune a budget, or an essay"
- To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- To preen; to prepare; to dress.
1noun
- A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
- Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
- A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
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