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pollarding

pollarding is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about pollarding

What is pollarding the present participle and gerund of?
Pollarding is the present participle and gerund of pollard.

Words near pollarding in the dictionary

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

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