prune
To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged…To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
» I pruned the tree.
Я обрезал дерево.
Я підрізав дерево.
Meaning
8 senses(informal, intransitive)To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
(transitive)To 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.
zurecht-, zurück-), be-, zurück-)
прореживатьproreživatʹ
(figuratively, transitive)To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
to prune a budget, or an essay
kürzen
(transitive)To remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of.
(Internet, transitive)To 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.
(transitive)To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
(obsolete)To trim the feathers with the beak.
(obsolete)To preen; to prepare; to dress.
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Examples
83 sentencesI pruned the tree.
Я підрізав дерево.
ruЯ обрезал дерево.
You need to prune the roses.
ruШиповник надо обрезать.
You may borrow my pruning shears.
I can't find my pruning shears.
ruЯ не могу найти свой секатор.
Tell Tom that I'm pruning the trees.
Я обрізаю дерева.
ruСкажи Тому, что я обрезаю деревья.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singuFrom Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum.
From Middle English prunen, prounen, proinen, from Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”), earlier prooignier. Likely influenced by Middle French rogner, Old French rooignier (“cut, trim”) (from Latin rotundo?), and possibly by Old French provainier (“provine”) (Latin propaginem? whence French provigner). The relation to the noun is thus unclear.
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Forms
prunes, pruning, pruned, prunedSynonyms
10 synonyms- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things:cutrationalizerationalise
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of:snipclipcroptrimlopdresscut back
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle