English Explanatory Dictionary

pruning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
  2. Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
  3. A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of prune

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pruning.wav

Word forms

pruning prunings

Etymology

From prune + -ing.

Derived words

alpha-beta pruning pruning hook pruning shears self-pruning summer pruning

Translations

Catalan: poda Czech: prořezávání Galician: poda German: reduzieren Greek: κλάδεμα Norwegian Bokmål: beskjæring Portuguese: poda Russian: проре́живание Russian: обрезка растений Serbo-Croatian: orezivanje Spanish: poda Spanish: podada Spanish: podadura Spanish: podazón Swedish: beskärning Tagalog: hitatag
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary