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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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prune¹

n

1. (Cookery) a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree

2. Slang chiefly Brit a dull, uninteresting, or foolish person

[from Old French prune, from Latin prūnum plum, from Greek prounon]

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prune²

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) 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.)

[from Old French proignier to clip, probably from provigner to prune vines, from provain layer (of a plant), from Latin propāgo a cutting]

prunable  adj

pruner  n

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prune³

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (Clothing & Fashion) an archaic word for preen¹

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 You have to prune the bushes if you want fruit.

2. reduce, cut, cut back, trim, cut down, pare down, make reductions in Economic hard times are forcing the company to prune their budget.

Translations

prune¹ [pruːn] N

1. (= fruit) → ciruela f pasa

2. (= person) → bobo/a m/f, majadero/a m/f

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prune² [pruːn] VT [+ tree, branches] → podar (fig) → reducir, recortar

prune away VT + ADV [+ branches] → podar (fig) [+ words] → cortar

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prune [ˈpruːn]

n (= dried fruit) → pruneau m

vt [+ plant] → tailler

prune back

vt sep [+ plant] → tailler, rabattre

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prune¹

n → Backpflaume f

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prune²

vt (also prune down) → beschneiden, stutzen; hedge → schneiden, zurechtstutzen; (fig) expenditure → kürzen; workforce → reduzieren; firm → schrumpfen lassen; book, essay → zusammenstreichen, kürzen; to prune away → ab- or wegschneiden; unnecessary details etc → wegstreichen; to prune superfluous matter from an essay → einen Aufsatz straffen

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prune¹ [pruːn] n (fruit) → prugna (secca)

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prune¹ [pruːn] n (fruit) → prugna (secca)

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prune² [pruːn] vt (tree) → potare

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prune² [pruːn] vt (tree) → 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 전지하다 (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）

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prune²

n prune [pruːn]

a dried plum. pruimedant خوخ مُجَفَّف сушена синя слива sušená švestka sveske die Backpflaume ξερό δαμάσκηνο ciruela pasa kuivatatud ploom آلو خشک luumu pruneau שֵיזָף מְיוּבָּש आलू बुखारा aszalt szilva buah plum kering sveskja prugna secca 干しプラム 말린 자두 džiovinta slyva žāvēta plūme prun pruimedant sviske suszona śliwka ameixa seca prună uscată чернослив sušená slivka suha sliva suva šljiva katrinplommon ลูกพรุนแห้ง erik kurusu 干梅子，梅脯 чорнослив خشک آلو بخارہ mận khô 干梅子，梅脯

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prune → برقوق sušená švestka sveske Backpflaume ξερό δαμάσκηνο ciruela pasa kuivattu luumu pruneau šljiva prugna secca プルーン 말린 자두 gedroogde pruim sviske suszona śliwka ameixa seca чернослив katrinplommon เล็ม ต้นไม้ kuru erik mận khô 剪除