We found 26 dictionaries that define the word pruning:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

1. pruning: Merriam-Webster
2. pruning: Collins English Dictionary
3. pruning: Vocabulary.com
4. Pruning, pruning: Wordnik
5. pruning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
6. pruning: Wiktionary
7. Pruning, pruning: Dictionary.com
8. pruning: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
9. Pruning (algorithm), Pruning (decision trees), Pruning (disambiguation), Pruning (maceration), Pruning (morphology), Pruning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
10. Pruning: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
11. pruning: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
12. pruning: Rhymezone
13. Pruning: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
14. pruning: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
15. pruning: FreeDictionary.org
16. pruning: Mnemonic Dictionary
17. pruning: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

18. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)
19. Pruning: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)

20. pruning: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

21. pruning: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

22. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

23. pruning: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

24. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

25. pruning: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
26. pruning: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See prune as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pruning) ▸ noun:  A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub. ▸ noun:  (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig. ▸ noun:  (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree. Similar: crop, dress, snip, lop, cut, clip, trim, cut back, rationalize, disbudding, more... Opposite: growing, expanding, cultivating, adding, developing Types: thinning, heading, stubbing, deadheading, pinching, root pruning, structural pruning, canopy reduction, more... Phrases: pruning shears, pruning hooks, root pruning, pruning knife, tree pruning, more... Adjectives: little, severe, heavy, regular, annual, careful, judicious, hard, drastic, proper, root Colors:     burgundy,     maroon,     plum,     wine,     mulberry, more... ▸ Words similar to pruning ▸ Usage examples for pruning ▸ Idioms related to pruning ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing pruning ▸ Words that often appear near pruning ▸ Rhymes of pruning ▸ Invented words related to pruning