pruning

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Synonyms: puning, bruning, proning

Antonyms: puning, bruning, proning

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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

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