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- pronunciation:
- prun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
prunes, pruning, pruned |
| definition 1: |
to cut or remove dead or unwanted branches, twigs, or the like from; trim.
They pruned the apple trees.- synonyms:
- clip, crop, poll, thin, trim
- similar words:
- cut, dock, lop, pare, snip, top, truncate
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| definition 2: |
to cut off or remove, as unwanted or superfluous branches from a tree.
I pruned some of the higher growth from these bushes.- synonyms:
- clip, lop, thin, trim
- similar words:
- amputate, crop, cut, dock, remove, sever, snip, truncate
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| definition 3: |
to remove as unneeded or superfluous.
Some chapters in the middle were pruned.- synonyms:
- lop, trim, weed
- similar words:
- edit, eliminate, eradicate, remove, shave, thin
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| definition 4: |
to reduce or lessen.
We tried to prune expenditures this year.- synonyms:
- curtail, lessen, pare, reduce, truncate
- similar words:
- abbreviate, clip, condense, contract, diminish, shorten, thin, trim
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| related words: |
clip, crop, curtail, lower, stem, top, truncate |
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