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Pruner

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Noun

1. pruner, trimmer

a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs

Example Sentences:
'untouched by the pruner's axe'

2. lopper, pruner, pruning hook

a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pruner

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noun
1. 
a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree
2. slang, mainly British
a dull, uninteresting, or foolish person
verb
1. 
to remove (dead or superfluous twigs, branches, etc) from (a tree, shrub, etc), esp by cutting off
2. 
to remove (anything undesirable or superfluous) from (a book, etc)
verb
an archaic word for preen1

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Pruner

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verb transitiveWord forms: pruned or ˈpruning
1. 
to remove dead or living parts from (a plant) so as to increase fruit or flower production or improve the form
2. 
to cut out or get rid of as being unnecessary
3. 
to reduce or diminish by removing what is unnecessary
verb intransitive
4. 
to cut away or remove unnecessary parts
noun
1. 
a plum dried for eating
2. 
any of various varieties of plum that can be dried without spoiling
3.  US, Slang
a dull or otherwise unpleasant person
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: pruned or ˈpruning
Archaic
to preen or dress up

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Pruner

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v. pruned, prun·ing, prunes
v.tr.
1. To cut off or remove dead or living parts or branches of (a plant, for example) to improve shape or growth.
2. To remove or cut out as superfluous.
3. To reduce: prune a budget.
v.intr.
To remove what is superfluous or undesirable.

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