| verb | cut off from a whole “His head was severed from his body” |
| verb | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of “dress the plants in the garden” |
| severing | noun | the act of severing |
| severance | noun | the act of severing |
| lopper | noun | a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees |
| snip | noun | a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) |
| clip | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| clipper | noun | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) |
| clipping | noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| crop | noun | the yield from plants in a single growing season |
| trim | noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| trimmer | noun | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| trimming | noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| pruner | noun | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| pruning | noun | the act of trimming a plant |