Defenition of the word prune
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Defenition of the word prune
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
- dried plum
- cut back the growth of, of bushes and trees
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Synonyms for the word prune
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- abridge
- clip
- condense
- crop
- cut
- cut back
- dress
- lop
- prune back
- rationalize
- reduce
- shorten
- snip
- tighten up
- trim
Similar words in the prune
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- bring down
- curb
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cut out
- prune
- prune's
- pruned
- prunes
- reduce
- restrict
- trim
- trim back
- trim down
Hyponyms for the word prune
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- disbud
- pinch
- poll
- pollard
- shear
- top
Hypernyms for the word prune
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- do away with
- dried fruit
- eliminate
- extinguish
- get rid of
- thin out
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