prune

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /pruːn/

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Noun

Singular prune

Plural prunes

A prune

1. (countable) A prune is a dried plum.

   He placed a prune in the middle of a plate of cheese and biscuits.

Verb

Plain form prune

Third-person singular prunes

Past tense pruned

Past participle pruned

Present participle pruning

1. (transitive) If you prune a bush or shrub, you cut off parts of the plant.

   After a rose has finished flowering, you should prune it.

2. (transitive) If you prune something, you cut it back, as if it were a plant.

   I was running out of money, so I had to prune my budget.

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