pollard

pol·lard

P0415400 (pŏl′ərd)n.1. A tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.2. An animal, such as an ox, goat, or sheep, that no longer has its horns.tr.v. pol·lard·ed, pol·lard·ing, pol·lards To convert or make into a pollard.

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[From poll.]

pollard

(ˈpɒləd) n1. (Animals) an animal, such as a sheep or deer, that has either shed its horns or antlers or has had them removed2. (Botany) a tree that has had its top cut off to encourage the formation of a crown of branchesvb (Horticulture) (tr) to convert into a pollard; poll[C16: hornless animal; see poll]

pol•lard

(ˈpɒl ərd)

n. 1. a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches. 2. a hornless stag, ox, sheep, etc. v.t. 3. to make a pollard of. [1515–25]

pollard

Past participle: pollarded
Gerund: pollarding

Imperative
pollard
pollard

Present
I pollard
you pollard
he/she/it pollards
we pollard
you pollard
they pollard

Preterite
I pollarded
you pollarded
he/she/it pollarded
we pollarded
you pollarded
they pollarded

Present Continuous
I am pollarding
you are pollarding
he/she/it is pollarding
we are pollarding
you are pollarding
they are pollarding

Present Perfect
I have pollarded
you have pollarded
he/she/it has pollarded
we have pollarded
you have pollarded
they have pollarded

Past Continuous
I was pollarding
you were pollarding
he/she/it was pollarding
we were pollarding
you were pollarding
they were pollarding

Past Perfect
I had pollarded
you had pollarded
he/she/it had pollarded
we had pollarded
you had pollarded
they had pollarded

Future
I will pollard
you will pollard
he/she/it will pollard
we will pollard
you will pollard
they will pollard

Future Perfect
I will have pollarded
you will have pollarded
he/she/it will have pollarded
we will have pollarded
you will have pollarded
they will have pollarded

Future Continuous
I will be pollarding
you will be pollarding
he/she/it will be pollarding
we will be pollarding
you will be pollarding
they will be pollarding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pollarding
you have been pollarding
he/she/it has been pollarding
we have been pollarding
you have been pollarding
they have been pollarding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pollarding
you will have been pollarding
he/she/it will have been pollarding
we will have been pollarding
you will have been pollarding
they will have been pollarding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pollarding
you had been pollarding
he/she/it had been pollarding
we had been pollarding
you had been pollarding
they had been pollarding

Conditional
I would pollard
you would pollard
he/she/it would pollard
we would pollard
you would pollard
they would pollard

Past Conditional
I would have pollarded
you would have pollarded
he/she/it would have pollarded
we would have pollarded
you would have pollarded
they would have pollarded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pollard - a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliagetree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	pollard - a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removedruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Verb	1.	pollard - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"pollprune, snip, lop, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

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