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Meaning of 'prune'
Meaning of 'prune' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Prune 
[ n.]
- A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or
Turkish prunes; California prunes. [ n.]2. Prune [ v. i.]
- To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. [ v. i.]3. Prune [ v. t.]
- To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or
shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by
trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. [ v. t.]- To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
- To preen; to prepare; to dress.
Meaning of 'prune' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. prune [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Example in sentence:
- dress the plants in the garden
Meaning (2):
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Example in sentence:
- We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
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