to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentpruned the dead branches from the old apple tree
pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree
bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, shave, shear, snip, trim
skive, whittlemanicure, mowpinch, stumpcurtail, shorten
elongate, extend, lengthen
in the 14th century
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