Word: pruning
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pru
ning
Definition: A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
Morphemes:
Affix: prune
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: proignier
Language: fro
Decoded: proignier
Meaning: to trim the feathers with the beak
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.