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pollarded

pollarded is the simple past and past participle of pollard.

Meaning of pollard

Verb

pollard (third-person singular simple present pollards, present participle pollarding, simple past and past participle pollarded)

  1. To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
    • I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows.1910, Edward Morgan Forster, chapter 11, in Howards End

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Adjective

pollarded (comparative more pollarded, superlative most pollarded)

  1. That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth

Forms of pollarded

comparativemore pollarded
superlativemost pollarded

Words formed from pollarded

Questions about pollarded

What does pollarded mean?
Pollarded means that has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth.
What is pollarded the simple past and past participle of?
Pollarded is the simple past and past participle of pollard.
What part of speech is pollarded?
Pollarded is an adjective.

Words near pollarded in the dictionary

  1. pollans
  2. pollarchy
  3. pollard
  4. Pollard script
  5. Pollard's rho algorithm
  6. pollarded
  7. pollarding
  8. pollards
  9. pollax
  10. pollaxe
  11. pollaxes

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