Pollard (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pollard" is a kind of...):
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pollard" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Derivation:
poll; pollard (convert into a pollard)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert into a pollard
Example:
pollard trees
Synonyms:
poll; pollard
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pollard" is one way to...):
clip; crop; cut back; dress; lop; prune; snip; trim (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They pollard the trees
Derivation:
pollard (a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage)