| Cuts |
| Hacks |
| Chops |
| Trims |
| Severs |
| Prunes |
| Droops |
| Cuts off |
| Truncates |
| Chops off |
| Trims off |
| Cuts short |
| Uses an ax |
| Clips off. |
| Hangs down |
| Hacks (off) |
| Cuts cleanly |
| Prunes trees |
| Trims a tree |
| Hangs loosely |
| Trims branches |
| Takes a bough? |
| Trims the tree |
| Cuts (branches) |
| Cuts, with "off |
| More than snips |
| Trims by cutting |
| Trims, as a tree |
| Cuts off branches |
| Prunes from trees |
| Severs, with "off |
| Cuts, as branches |
| Clips, as branches |
| Hangs down loosely |
| Trims, as branches |
| Prunes, as branches |
| Takes the top (off) |
| Works on a hedgerow |
| Chops off (branches) |
| Removes, as branches |
| Cuts off, as branches |
| Chops off, as branches |
| Hacks off, as branches |
| Removes as superfluous |
| Cuts (off), as a branch |
| Cuts with garden shears |
| Cuts off, as tree limbs |
| Cuts branches from trees |
| Prunes, like a tree limb |
| Hacks off, as tree limbs |
| Eliminates as unnecessary |
| Cuts off, like a tree limb |
| Performs some tree surgery |
| Prunes from plums, perhaps |