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. Margaret Fuller:

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

2. 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”…

3. Morgan Stanley:

   European return on leverage exposure is roughly half that of U.S. firms. Pruning underperforming units, intense cost-cutting and revitalising high return-on-equity (RoE) area will be key.

4. Kurt Bock:

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

5. Gowtham Krishnan Murugesan:

   Our study has found a significant decrease in gray matter pruning in the frontal default mode network, which is involved in higher cognitive functions, such as the planning and controlling of social behaviors.