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Word: prune (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • obsolete A plum.
  • slang An old woman, ''especially'' a wrinkly one.
  • The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.

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Verb:

  • figuratively To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material); as, ''to prune a budget''.
  • transitive To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

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