prune+(verb)

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• prune — UK US /pruːn/ verb [T] ► to reduce the number or amount of something: »The plan for the next financial year is to prune 25% off the budget …   Financial and business terms

• prune — verb ADVERB ▪ drastically, hard (esp. BrE), heavily, severely ▪ Prune the trees hard in the winter. ▪ Their budgets have been drastically pruned. (figurative) …   Collocations dictionary

• prune — Ⅰ. prune [1] ► NOUN 1) a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance. 2) informal a disagreeable person. ORIGIN Greek prounon plum . Ⅱ. prune [2] ► …   English terms dictionary

• prune — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• prune — 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 …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• prune — [[t]pru͟ːn[/t]] prunes, pruning, pruned 1) N COUNT A prune is a dried plum. 2) VERB When you prune a tree or bush, you cut off some of the branches so that it will grow better the next year. [V n] You have to prune a bush if you want fruit...… …   English dictionary

• prune — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, plum, from Latin prunum more at plum Date: 14th century a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation II. verb (pruned; pruning) Etymology: Middle English prouynen, probably… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prune — I UK [pruːn] / US [prun] verb [transitive] Word forms prune : present tense I/you/we/they prune he/she/it prunes present participle pruning past tense pruned past participle pruned 1) prune or prune back to remove parts of a tree or plant, for… …   English dictionary

• prune — prune1 [ prun ] verb transitive 1. ) prune or prune back to remove parts of a tree or plant, for example to make it grow better: We ll need to prune back the branches this year. 2. ) to get rid of something you do not need or want, especially in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• prune — English has two distinct words prune. The older, ‘dried plum’ [14], is ultimately the same word as plum, and indeed in the 16th and 17th century was often used for ‘plum’. It comes via Old French prune from Vulgar Latin *prūna, which also gave… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• prune — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English