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prune
1[proon]
noun
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
such a plum when dried.
any plum.
prune
2[proon]
verb (used with object)
to cut or lop off (twigs, branches, or roots).
to cut or lop superfluous or undesired twigs, branches, or roots from; trim.
to rid or clear of (anything superfluous or undesirable).
to remove (anything considered superfluous or undesirable).
prune
3[proon]
verb (used with object)
Archaic.to preen.
prune
1/ ː /
noun
a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree
slanga dull, uninteresting, or foolish person
prune
2/ ː /
verb
to remove (dead or superfluous twigs, branches, etc) from (a tree, shrub, etc), esp by cutting off
to remove (anything undesirable or superfluous) from (a book, etc)
prune
3/ ː /
verb
an archaic word for preen 1
Other 51Թ Forms
- prunable adjective
- prunability noun
- pruner noun
- unprunable adjective
- ˈܲԲ adjective
- ˈܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prune1
Origin of prune2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prune1
Origin of prune2
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.
Trump replied on Truth Social last week, saying he "never liked" the New Jersey rock star and calling him a talentless "old prune."
The perfectly pruned roses are just beginning to leaf out and the plants in the vegetable garden are seedlings.
“Flashlight,” her new book, grew from a 2020 short story in the New Yorker, and shares that deliberate pruning.
It wouldn’t surprise me if he’d pruned his script of every line too thematically on the nose.
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