Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disbud

2 senses of disbud

Sense 1
disbud -- (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)
       => snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back -- (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden")

Sense 2
disbud -- (destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle))
       => dehorn -- (take the horns off (an animal))