Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 22, 2004 13:05
19 yrs ago
English term
Vicky
dressing of trees
English
Science
Environment & Ecology
Do not cut trees. If branches are to be dressed, this must be done only under the supervision of forest ranger.
What is the exact meaning of dressing of branches.
What is the exact meaning of dressing of branches.
Responses
| 4 +14 | to prune |
Kim Metzger
|
Responses
+14
1 min
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Selected
to prune
To dress tree branches is to cut them back, to make them shorter.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 12 mins (2004-10-22 13:18:00 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Dress, verb
Category Tree:
change; alter; modify
¨^decrease; lessen; minify
¨^reduce; cut_down; cut_back; trim; trim_down; trim_back; cut; bring_down
¨^thin_out
¨^snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut_back
¨^disbud
¨^top; pinch
¨^poll; pollard
¨^shear
dress, timber
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/dress
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 12 mins (2004-10-22 13:18:00 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Dress, verb
Category Tree:
change; alter; modify
¨^decrease; lessen; minify
¨^reduce; cut_down; cut_back; trim; trim_down; trim_back; cut; bring_down
¨^thin_out
¨^snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut_back
¨^disbud
¨^top; pinch
¨^poll; pollard
¨^shear
dress, timber
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/dress
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
Something went wrong...