They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.
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Pruning
//ˈpɹuːnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "pruning" (13 found)
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Related words (6)
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18 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- poda noun (action of pruning)
Czech
2 entries- prořezávání noun (action of pruning)
- prořezávání noun (method of enumeration)
Galician
1 entries- poda noun (action of pruning)
German
1 entries- reduzieren noun (action of pruning)
Greek
1 entries- κλάδεμα noun (action of pruning)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- beskjæring noun (action of pruning)
Portuguese
1 entries- poda noun (action of pruning)
Russian
2 entries- обрезка растений noun (action of pruning)
- проре́живание noun (action of pruning)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- orezivanje noun (action of pruning)
- pruniranje noun (method of enumeration)
Spanish
4 entries- poda noun (action of pruning)
- podada noun (action of pruning)
- podadura noun (action of pruning)
- podazón noun (action of pruning)
Swedish
1 entries- beskärning noun (action of pruning)
Tagalog
1 entries- hitatag noun (action of pruning)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom is pruning the trees.
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I am pruning the pear trees.
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Tell her that I am pruning the trees.
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