pruning

/ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
To preen; to prepare; to dress.
A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

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