About The Word Prune
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Prune Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Prune?
[n] dried plum
[v] weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [v] cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of"dress the plants in the garden" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prune: clip | crop | cut | cut back | dress | lop | rationalise | rationalize | snip | trim Related Terms | Find terms related to Prune: See Also | bring down | curb | curtail | cut back | cut down | cut out | disbud | do away with | dried fruit | eliminate | get rid of | pinch | poll | pollard | reduce | restrict | shear | thin out | top | trim | trim back | trim down Prune In Webster's Dictionary \Prune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pruned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pruning}.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay
down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the
meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. See {Provine}.]
1. 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. --Thackeray.
Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be
pruned and reformed. --Bacon.
Our delightful task To prune these growing plants,
and tend these flowers. --Milton.
2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
Horace will our superfluous branches prune.
--Waller.
3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. --Spenser.
His royal bird Prunes the immortal wing and cloys
his beak. --Shak.
\Prune\, v. i. To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. --Dryden. \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See {Plum}.] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. {German prune} (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. {Prune tree}. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus {Prunus} ({P. domestica}), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, {Prunus occidentalis}. {South African prune} (Bot.), the edible fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Pappea Capensis}). |
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