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81trim — 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 …
82mutilate — v 1. dismember, disjoint, dislimb, tear limb from limb; detruncate, amputate, remove a limb; hack off, chop off, lop off, cut off, tear or rip or pull off, (of a tail) dock, bob, trim; dissect, anatomize, vivisect, skeletonize, disembowel. 2.… …
83top — [adj] best, most important; highest apical, capital, chief, crack, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first class, first rate, five star*, foremost, greatest, head, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal, maximum,… …
84cut short — verb 1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 3) We had to cut short our vacation • Syn: ↑break short, ↑break off • Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑break …
85prune — prune1 /proohn/, n. 1. a variety of plum that dries without spoiling. 2. such a plum when dried. 3. any plum. [1300 50; late ME < MF < L pruna, pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of prunum plum < Gk proû(m)non PLUM1] prune2 …
86prune — 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.… …
87prune — I. /prun / (say proohn) noun 1. the purplish black dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree, used for eating, cooked or uncooked. 2. such a fruit, whether dried or not. 3. a variety of plum tree bearing such fruit. 4. Obsolete any… …
88Detruncate — De*trun cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detruncated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detruncating}.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See {Truncate}.] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off. [1913… …
89Detruncated — Detruncate De*trun cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detruncated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detruncating}.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See {Truncate}.] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off …
90Detruncating — Detruncate De*trun cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detruncated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detruncating}.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See {Truncate}.] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off …
