pruning

To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.

To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

“A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year.”

To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).

“to prune a budget, or an essay”

To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.

To preen; to prepare; to dress.

A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.

Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.

A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.