prune

prune ¹  (prn)

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).

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *prna, from Latin prnum, plum.]

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prune ²  (prn)

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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[Middle English prouinen, from Old French proignier, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prretundire : Latin pr-, in front; see pro-¹ + Latin rotundus, round (from rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots).]

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pruner n.

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prune ¹

Noun

a purplish-black partially dried plum [Latin prunum plum]

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prune ²

Verb

[pruning, pruned]

1. to cut off dead or surplus branches of (a tree or shrub)

2. to shorten or reduce [Old French proignier to clip]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prune - dried plum                           dried fruit - fruit preserved by drying
Verb	1.	prune - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" lop, snip, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
	2.	prune - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" rationalize, rationalise, cut do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

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prune

verb 1. cut, trim, clip, dock, shape, cut back, shorten, snip, lop, pare down

2. reduce, cut, cut back, trim, cut down, pare down, make reductions in

Translations

prune [pruːn] n → ciruela pasa

vt → podar

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prune [pruːn] n → pruneau m

vt → élaguer

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prune [pruːn] n → Backpflaume f

vt [+ plant] → stutzen, beschneiden

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prune [pruːn] n → prugna secca

vt → potare

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prune¹

v prune [pruːn]

to trim (a tree etc) by cutting off unnecessary twigs and branches He pruned the roses. snoei يُقَلِّم، يُشَذِّب кастря prořezávat, ořezávat beskære beschneiden κλαδεύω podar pügama هرس کردن karsia émonder, tailler לִגזוֹם काटना-छाटना megmetsz (fát) memangkas snyrta/klippa (til) potare 刈り込む 전지(剪枝)하다, ...의 가지를 치다 (ap)karpyti, (ap)genėti apgriezt; apcirpt mencantas snoeien beskjære prześwietlać, przycinać podar a tunde обрезать prerezávať, orezávať obrezati potkresati beskära ตัดแต่ง budamak, kırpmak 修剪(樹木花草等) обрізати; підрізати تراشنا، قلم کرنا xén, tỉa 修剪（树木花草等）