prune

Definition of Prune in English :

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Noun

1. prune

dried plum

Verb

2. clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

Example Sentences:
'dress the plants in the garden'

3. cut, prune, rationalise, rationalize

weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

Example Sentences:
'We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prune

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noun

1.

a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree

2. slang, mainly British

a dull, uninteresting, or foolish person

verb

1.

to remove (dead or superfluous twigs, branches, etc) from (a tree, shrub, etc), esp by cutting off

2.

to remove (anything undesirable or superfluous) from (a book, etc)

verb

an archaic word for preen1

Prune

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verb transitiveWord forms: pruned or ˈpruning

1.

to remove dead or living parts from (a plant) so as to increase fruit or flower production or improve the form

2.

to cut out or get rid of as being unnecessary

3.

to reduce or diminish by removing what is unnecessary

verb intransitive

4.

to cut away or remove unnecessary parts

noun

1.

a plum dried for eating

2.

any of various varieties of plum that can be dried without spoiling

3. US, Slang

a dull or otherwise unpleasant person

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: pruned or ˈpruning

Archaic

to preen or dress up

Prune

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n.

1.

a. The partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of the common plum, Prunus domestica.

b. Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling.

2. Slang An ill-tempered, stupid, or incompetent person.

intr.v. pruned, prun·ing, prunes
Slang

To make a facial expression exhibiting ill temper or disgust: "Their faces prune at the slightest provocation" (James Wolcott).

v. pruned, prun·ing, prunes

v.tr.

1. To cut off or remove dead or living parts or branches of (a plant, for example) to improve shape or growth.

2. To remove or cut out as superfluous.

3. To reduce: prune a budget.

v.intr.

To remove what is superfluous or undesirable.

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