pruning
pruning · prunings
обрезка растений, прореживание
reduzieren
A removal of excess material from a tree or shrubA removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
/ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/
» Daniel took some prunings from this medlar tree.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
(countable)Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
(countable, uncountable)A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
More definitions
- the act of trimming a plant
- something that has been pruned off of a plant
Examples
1 sentencesDaniel took some prunings from this medlar tree.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
action of pruning:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
action of pruning:
Forms
plural: pruningsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.