Prune: alternatives and connections

To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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

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To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

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A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

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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.

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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.

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To embrace, hence; to encompass.

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

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of Cut

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

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A flea.

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To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.

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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.

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

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