manicuring

verb

Definition of manicuringnext
present participle of manicure
as in pruning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manicuring
  1. pruning
  2. trimming
  3. clipping
  4. paring
  5. curtailing
  6. hacking
Verb
  • Remove dead or diseased canes while pruning.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Likewise, pruning provides an abundance of cuttings to propagate.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of pruning
Verb
  • Kardashian crawled passed a donkey next to the Virgin Mary, Jesus raiding the refrigerator and a woman trimming a Christmas tree.
    Janelle Ash, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Hill switched from defensive tackle to tight end this past spring, trimming more than 30 pounds.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of trimming
Verb
  • And the itemizing of it, breaking it up, short form, the clipping it out.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In Don’t Look Back, Bob is reading in a newspaper clipping about himself.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of clipping
Verb
  • That could include paring back tax incentives and grants for businesses producing electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In that case, paring down the position or diversifying away some of that risk may be warranted.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of paring
Verb
  • The data makes clear that many institutions of higher education are intentionally limiting the use of AP and IB credit towards a degree, thus curtailing ways that students can save.
    Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Other necessary actions would include reducing malign economic influence, curtailing their global trade, and tightening what would likely be a robust set of sanctions.
    Daniel R. Green, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of curtailing
Verb
  • Social media is frequently used by criminal hacking groups and scammers to plan their malware and phishing attacks.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The country routinely denies involvement in cyber hacking or crypto heists.
    Medha Singh, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of hacking
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