: To get rid of or Slice the best of Particularly : to shorten or take away the best of (a plant) : pinch feeling 1b A projecting Centre gable on the second story produces a point of interest, even though black-painted ornamental brackets under the eaves include a flourish https://share.evernote.com/note/46194641-fd11-a5d8-9c41-39be086ce49f