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prune(dictionary)
prune(1)(dictionary)
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Prune pudding(recipes)
Prune chutney(recipes)
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prune 1, verb(dictionary)
prune belly(medicine)
Prune belly syndrome(health)

prune (iou)



prune verb2 trans. [pru:n] LME.
[Old French proignier, earlier prooignier from Proto-Romance, formed as PRO-1 + Latin rotundus round, ROTUND adjective.]
Cut down, shorten or abbreviate by cutting, esp. by removing superfluous or unwanted matter. Also, remove as superfluous or unwanted. LME.
Times Literary Supplement Marston's textjudiciously pruned..without Webster's additions.
Trim (a tree, shrub, or plant) by cutting or lopping dead or overgrown branches, twigs, or shoots, esp. to increase fruitfulness and regular growth. Freq. foll. by down. M16.
Observer Prune the plants..down to the last active growth.
Cut or lop (dead or overgrown branches, twigs, or shoots) from a tree or shrub, esp. to increase fruitfulness and regular growth. Freq. foll. by off, away. L16.
prunable adjective (rare) able to be pruned M18.
pruner noun L16.