prune


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prune
v. cut, chop off; trim tree branches (or shrubs, etc.); reduce, lessen; remove, take away, rid
 
n. dried plum; foolish person, unpopular person (Slang)

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Prune
A prune is a dried plum of any cultivar, mostly Prunus domestica or European Plum. The use of the term for fresh fruit is obsolete except when applied to varieties grown for drying.

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prune

Noun
1. dried plum
(hypernym) dried fruit

Verb
1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
(synonym) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, cut back
(hypernym) thin out
(hyponym) shear
(derivation) pruner, trimmer
2. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
(synonym) cut, rationalize, rationalise
(hypernym) eliminate, get rid of, do away with


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prune
nf. plum, type of fruit; damson

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prune
v. prořezat
 
n. sušená švestka;