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Word Meanings - AMPUTATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To cut off . Wiseman. (more info) 1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

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  • PRUNER
    Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly
  • CURTAILER
    One who curtails.
  • RETRENCH
    To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions. Syn. -- To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge. (more info) 1. To cut off; to pare away. Thy exuberant parts retrench. Denham. 2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
  • PRUNELLA; PRUNELLO
    A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.
  • PRUNELLE
    A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
  • CURTAIL
    To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.
  • PRUNE
    propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.
  • CURTAILMENT
    The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
  • SHORTENING
    That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc. (more info) 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
  • PRUNELLO
    A species of dried plum; prunelle.
  • AMPUTATE
    To cut off . Wiseman. (more info) 1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
  • TRUNCATED
    Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. (more info) 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
  • SHORTEN
    1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. 2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract;
  • SHORTENER
    One who, or that which, shortens.
  • TRUNCATE
    To cut off; to lop; to maim.
  • RETRENCHMENT
    A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation. Syn. -- Lessening; curtailment;
  • CURTAIL DOG
    A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not
  • PRUNELLA
    Angina, or angina pectoris. Thrush. Prunella salt , niter fused and cast into little balls.
  • REPRUNE
    To prune again or anew. Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.
  • OBTRUNCATE
    To deprive of a limb; to lop.
  • DETRUNCATE
    To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.
  • FORESHORTENING
    Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.

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