- prune, trim, lop
- شَحَّل \ prune, trim, lop. \ _(field) Agric. \ See Also قلم (قَلَّم)
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
prune, trim, lop
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prune — vb trim, lop, *shear, poll, clip, snip, crop Analogous words: enhance, heighten (see INTENSIFY): eliminate, *exclude … New Dictionary of Synonyms
trim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. neat, well ordered, compact, tidy, spruce, smart; slim, lean. v. order, tidy, adjust, dress, arrange; decorate, ornament, adorn; defeat; cheat; balance, equalize; cut, lop, shear, prune, barber;… … English dictionary for students
Prune — Prune, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pruned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pruning}.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See {Provine}.] 1. To lop or cut off… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trim — [adj1] neat, orderly apple pie order*, clean, clean cut, compact, dapper, fit, in good shape, neat as a pin*, nice, shipshape*, slick, smart, snug, spick and span*, spruce, streamlined, symmetrical, tidy, to rights*, uncluttered, well groomed;… … New thesaurus
trim — vb 1 *shear, poll, clip, prune, lop, snip, crop 2 *stabilize, steady, poise, balance, ballast Analogous words: *adjust, regulate, fix: counterbalance, counterpoise, offset, *compensate trim … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prune — [v] trim; cut short clip, cut back, dock, eliminate, exclude, gut, knock off, lop, pare down, reduce, shape, shave, shear, shorten, skive, snip, thin; concepts 137,176,236,247 … New thesaurus
lop — *shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, snip, crop Analogous words: *cut, slash, chop, hew: *shorten, curtail … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lop — [v] trim chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, pare down, prune, shear, snip, truncate; concepts 176,236,247 … New thesaurus
trim — 1. verb 1) his hair had been washed and trimmed Syn: cut, crop, bob, shorten, clip, snip, shear, barber; neaten, shape, tidy up 2) trim off the lower leaves using a sharp knife Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
lop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. chop, snip, clip, dock, nip, cut off. See shortness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hang] Syn. slump, flop, droop; see hang 2 . 2. [To cut off; said especially of branches ] Syn. crop, prune, chop; see cut … English dictionary for students
prune — I [[t]prun[/t]] n. 1) pln a variety of plum that dries without spoiling 2) pln any plum when dried • Etymology: 1300–50; late ME < MF < L prūna, pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of prūnum plum < Gk proû(m) non plum I II prune [[t]prun[/t]] v.… … From formal English to slang
