- prune
- v1. lop off, crop, top, cut, cut down, cut short; poll, pollard, truncate, detruncate; dock, nip, snip; pare, shave, mow; chop, sever, dissever.2. thin, thin out, weed, weed out; clear of, rid, remove, detach, amputate; relieve of, disburden, disencumber, unload.3. curtail, shorten, abbreviate, condense, contract, compact; retrench, cut back on, reduce, diminish.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.