DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.178
Search for:
Search type:
Return Definitions
Match headwords exactly
Match prefixes
Match prefixes (skip, count)
Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword
Match suffixes
POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions
Old (basic) regular expressions
Match using SOUNDEX algorithm
Match headwords within Levenshtein distance one
Match separate words within headwords
Match the first word within headwords
Match the last word within headwords
Database:
Any
First match
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
DICT.TW 注音查詢、中文輸入法字典
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
Network Terminology
MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典
Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WordNet (r) 2.0
Elements database 20001107
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
▼
[Show options]
[
Pronunciation
] [
Help
] [
Database Info
] [
Server Info
]
2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prun·ing
n.
1.
The
act
of
trimming
,
or
removing
what
is
superfluous
.
2.
Falconry
That
which
is
cast
off
by
bird
in
pruning
her
feathers
;
leavings
.
Pruning hook
,
or
Pruning knife
,
cutting
instrument
used
in
pruning
trees
,
etc
.
Pruning shears
,
shears
for
pruning
trees
,
vines
,
etc
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
pruning
shears
n
:
shears
with
strong
blades
used
for
light
pruning
of
woody
plants
DICT.TW
About DICT.TW
•
Contact Webmaster
•
Index
•
Links