Definition of Pruning. Meaning of Pruning. Synonyms of Pruning

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Definition of Pruning

Pruning
Prune Prune, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pruned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pruning.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See Provine.] 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. --Thackeray. Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be pruned and reformed. --Bacon. Our delightful task To prune these growing plants, and tend these flowers. --Milton. 2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts. Horace will our superfluous branches prune. --Waller. 3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. --Spenser. His royal bird Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak. --Shak.
Pruning
Pruning Prun"ing, n. 1. The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous. 2. (Falconry) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings. --Beau. & Fl. Pruning hook, or Pruning knife, cutting instrument used in pruning trees, etc. Pruning shears, shears for pruning trees, vines, etc.

Meaning of Pruning from wikipedia

- Pruning is a horticultural, arboricultural, and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches,...
- Pruning is a data compression technique in machine learning and search algorithms that reduces the size of decision trees by removing sections of the...
- Synaptic pruning, a phase in the development of the nervous system, is the process of synapse elimination that occurs between early childhood and the...
- Alpha–beta pruning is a search algorithm that s****s to decrease the number of nodes that are evaluated by the minimax algorithm in its search tree. It...
- Pruning shears, also called hand pruners (in American English), or secateurs (in British English), are a type of scissors used for plants. They are strong...
- Rosebush Pruning is an upcoming drama thriller film directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Riley Keough, Callum Turner and Elle Fanning. It is an adaptation...
- Ice pruning is the natural process of selective vegetative pruning on the windward side of a plant, executed by the impact of ice and snow particles driven...
- Look up pruning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pruning is the practice of removing unwanted portions from a plant. Pruning may also refer to: Synaptic...
- A pruning poem is a poem that uses rhymes that are prunings of each other. Each rhyme word is one letter shorter than the rhyme word in the preceding...
- Fruit tree pruning is the cutting and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree. It spans a number of horticultural techniques. Pruning often means cutting...