Synonyms for pruning
prun·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. pruningnoun

   something that has been pruned off of a plant

2. pruningnoun

   the act of trimming a plant

Matched Categories

1. • Cutting
   • Trim

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1. Alexandra Feodorovna:

   “All is in God’s will. The deeper you look, the more you understand that this is so. All sorrows are sent us to free us from our sins or as a test of our faith, an example to others. It requires good food to make plants grow properly and the gardener, walking through His garden, wants to be pleased with His flowers. If they do not grow properly, he takes His pruning knife, and cuts, waiting for the sunshine to coax them into growth again”…

2. Kurt Bock:

   This pruning of our portfolio ... will continue in 2016 and 2017.

3. Isaiah:

   And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

4. Francis Bacon:

   Natural abilities are like natural plants they need pruning by study.

5. Margaret Fuller:

   Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.