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Meaning of 'prune' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prune [ n.]
- A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.
2 . Prune [ v. i.]
- To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
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.
- To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
- To preen; to prepare; to dress.

Meaning of 'prune' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prune [ v]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet

Nearby Words:

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