engelska-holländska översättning av prune

snoeien
We kunnen de wetgevingsboom niet laten stoppen met groeien, maar we kunnen hem wel snoeien en bijwerken zodat hij niet overwoekerd raakt, zoals in het verleden is gebeurd. We cannot stop the legislation tree growing but we can prune and train it so that it does not become an overgrown tangle as it has been in the past.
besje

A plum
An old woman, especially a wrinkly one
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
To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material
To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure

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