pruning Synonyms

shaving off telescoping snip snipping simplification shrinking shortening shears shear shearing shaving reduction reduce thinning trimming trim oversimplification one-handed downsizing haircut pare down mei disbudding lop off chop off cut back weeding Truncating reducing rationalize cropping crop contracting condensing concentrating compressing clip clipping chopping bobbing barbering abridging curtailing cutting deadhead prune pollarding pare paring lopping