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cung|o'·n vt 1 to lop the branches off [a tree]; reduce [a tree] to a trunk/stump 2 to decrease in size or value by removing a part: shorten, truncate, abridge; dock, bob, cripple 3 (Med) to amputate cung|u'a|r adj (i) 1 trimmed of branches; having only the trunk left 2 cut off; maimed, crippled 3 abridged, truncated cu'ng|ull adj (Reg) missing a limb: maimed, crippled