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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/ pruːn /
prune
2/ pruːn /
noun
- a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree
- slang.a dull, uninteresting, or foolish person
prune
3/ pruːn /
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)
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Derived Forms
- ˈprunable, adjective
- ˈpruner, noun
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Other Words From
- prun·a·ble adjective
- prun·a·bil·i·ty [proo-n, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- prun·er noun
- un·prun·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prune1
Origin of prune2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prune1
Origin of prune2
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Idioms and Phrases
see full of beans , def. 2.Discover More
Example Sentences
This was the case with Prune Nourry, a young French sculptress who went to India to create a piece of art interpreting women.
We made the prune based Chocolate Fudge Torte at the bakery and it left everyone slack-jawed.
Whereupon Hard concluded by biting into a large piece of prune pie.
I used to prune a bit, too, in spare moments, so that by the end of the summer considerable renovation had been accomplished.
He tells me the right way to plant potatoes and prune apple-trees, and our communion is blest with eupeptic content.
To cut or prune gooseberry and currant-trees is very simple.
The prune trees took up the glad news and whispered it to the apricot trees, "It is a boy."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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