prune (down)
1prune — 1 verb (T) 1 also prune back to cut some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow better: I need to prune the roses this weekend. 2 also prune down to get rid of the unnecessary parts of something: The essay s too long, you need to prune …
2Prune — 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… …
3prune — [v] trim; cut short clip, cut back, dock, eliminate, exclude, gut, knock off, lop, pare down, reduce, shape, shave, shear, shorten, skive, snip, thin; concepts 137,176,236,247 …
4prune — verb 1) I pruned the roses Syn: cut back, trim, thin, pinch back, clip, shear, top, dock 2) prune lateral shoots of wisteria Syn: cut off, lop (off), chop off, clip …
5prune — 1. noun /pruːn/ a) The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. b) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. 2. verb /pruːn/ a) To remove excess material from a tree or …
6prune — 1. n. 1 a dried plum. 2 colloq. a silly or disliked person. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L prunum f. Gk prou(m)non plum 2. v.tr. 1 a (often foll. by down) trim (a tree etc.) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches etc. b (usu. foll. by off,… …
7prune — verb 1) I pruned the roses Syn: cut back, trim, clip, shear, shorten, thin, shape 2) staff numbers have been pruned Syn: reduce, cut (back/down), pare (down), slim down …
8prune — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, ax, backset, ban, bar, bisect, blockhead, bob, boil down, brash, butcher, capsulize, carve, chop, chump, cleave, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop,… …
9prune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. trim, abbreviate, thin, lop; remove. See deduction. II (Roget s IV) n. Varieties of prunes include: French, Stanley, Italian Fellemberg, St. Julien, myrobalan, Bosnian; see also fruit 1 . v. Syn.… …
10prune — v 1. lop off, crop, top, cut, cut down, cut short; poll, pollard, truncate, detruncate; dock, nip, snip; pare, shave, mow; chop, sever, dissever. 2. thin, thin out, weed, weed out; clear of, rid, remove, detach, amputate; relieve of, disburden,… …
