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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : proon |
Phonetic Transcription : prun |
Definition of prune
Origin :- mid-14c., "a plum," also "a dried plum" (c.1200 in place name Prunhill), from Old French pronne "plum" (13c.), from Vulgar Latin *pruna, fem. singular formed from Latin pruna, neuter plural of prunum "a plum," by dissimilation from Greek proumnon, from a language of Asia Minor. Slang meaning "disagreeable or disliked person" is from 1895. Prune juice is from 1807.
- verb trim; cut short
- I might fertilize him, I might prune him, and I might use insecticide on him.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The one great work that a vinedresser has to do for the branch every year is to prune it.
- Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
- Then, how I would toil, toil, prune and expand his feeble ideas!
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- He meant at least to prune the orchard and maybe set out dwarfs.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Nourish your idea plants that have been starved; prune your word plants.
- Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
- Considered from every standpoint, March and April are quite the best months in which to prune.
- Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
- Mulberry-colour, much like that we call plum-colour or prune.
- Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Prune off all dead wood, and all the little twigs on the main limbs.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
- He must put his legs up on the sofa; and he must have a glass of prune brandy too.
- Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
- To cut or prune gooseberry and currant-trees is very simple.
- Extract from : « The Book of Sports: » by William Martin
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