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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Prune \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be
              pruned and reformed.                  --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Our delightful task
              To prune these growing plants, and tend these
              flowers.                              --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Horace will our superfluous branches prune.
                                                    --Waller.
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     3. To preen; to prepare; to dress. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His royal bird
              Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Prune \Prune\, v. i.
     To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
     --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Prune \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.)
     Prunus+({Prunus+domestica" rel="nofollow">(a) A tree of the genus Prunus ({Prunus domestica), which
         produces prunes.
     (b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis.
  
     South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a
        sapindaceous tree ({Pappea Capensis).
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Prune \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Prune \Prune\, v. i.
     To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
     --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Prune \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.)
     Prunus+({P.+domestica" rel="nofollow">(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).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  prune
       n : dried plum
       v 1: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
            plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim,
             lop, dress, cut back]
       2: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose
          weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut, rationalize,
           rationalise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 (ετ φρούτο fr) το δαμάσκηνο, το κορόμηλο,
     2 (οικείο: fr) το πρόστιμο
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 (ετ φρούτο fr) το δαμάσκηνο, το κορόμηλο,
     2 (οικείο: fr) το πρόστιμο

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Prune
     Γαλλικά n.
     γυναικείο όνομα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la prūnus  voc s)
     Middle English n.
     1 A plum (gloss: fruit of ''Prunus domestica'')
     2 A (l en prune) (gloss: dried plum)
     3 (lb enm pathology) A large, rounded boil.
     Old French n.
     plum (gloss: fruit)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A plum.
     2 The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
     3 (lb en figurative) Something wrinkly like a prune.
     4 (lb en slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum,
  as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive horticulture) To remove excess material from a
  tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
     2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the
  removal of unnecessary material).
     3 (lb en transitive computer science) To remove unnecessary branches
  from a tree data structure.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la prūnus  voc s)
     Middle English n.
     1 A plum (gloss: fruit of ''Prunus domestica'')
     2 A (l en prune) (gloss: dried plum)
     3 (lb enm pathology) A large, rounded boil.
     Old French n.
     plum (gloss: fruit)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la prūnus  voc s)
     Middle English n.
     1 A plum (gloss: fruit of ''Prunus domestica'')
     2 A (l en prune) (gloss: dried plum)
     3 (lb enm pathology) A large, rounded boil.
     Old French n.
     plum (gloss: fruit)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     Ranska n.
     luumu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prune
     Franska n.
     (tagg frukter språk=fr) plommon

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Prune /pɹˈuːn/
  الإجاص المجفّف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  prune //pɹuːn// 
  1. сушена слива
  dried plum
  2. съкращавам
  (figuratively) cut down or shorten
  3. кастря, подрязвам
  trim a tree or shrub