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Prune

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounA plum.
2.NounThe dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
3.NounSomething wrinkly like a prune.
4.NounAn old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
5.VerbTo become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
6.VerbTo remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
"A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year."
7.VerbTo cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
"to prune a budget, or an essay"
8.VerbTo remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of.
9.VerbTo remove participation status from or contributed material attributed to users usually deemed inactive or undesirable from an interactive computer service or website for the sake of housekeeping.
10.VerbTo remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
11.VerbTo trim the feathers with the beak.
12.VerbTo preen; to prepare; to dress.
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