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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   cutout, size

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1. Charlie Hall:

   Sometimes pruning occurs, that's where the [ correction in times of stress comes from ]. You prune a plant so that it's even healthier when it comes out from its pruning.

2. 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.

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. Kurt Bock:

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

5. Sir Francis Bacon:

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