: to get rid of or Lower the top of Particularly : to shorten or eliminate the very best of (a plant) : pinch sense 1b d : to accomplish The essential composition of (some thing, such as a substantial-rise constructing) by putting on the cap or uppermost segment ● https://share.evernote.com/note/7a64ee2f-8561-e38e-342e-5191a613672e