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Pollard

A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.

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Clip 76% connected

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crop 76% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lop 76% connected

A flea.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prune 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ruminant 76% connected

Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snip 76% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trim 76% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Poll 74% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Poll 74% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Poll 92% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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