prune
The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plumThe dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
» I pruned the tree.
Я обрезал дерево.
Я підрізав дерево.
Meaning
4 sensesThe dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
(figuratively)Something wrinkly like a prune.
(slang)An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
(obsolete)A plum.
Backpflaume, Trockenpflaume, Dörrpflaume
черносли́вčernoslív
чорно́сливčornóslyv
dried plum
Examples
83 sentencesI pruned the tree.
Я підрізав дерево. — deniko
ruЯ обрезал дерево. — Ivanovb
You need to prune the roses.
ruШиповник надо обрезать. — marafon
You may borrow my pruning shears.
I can't find my pruning shears.
ruЯ не могу найти свой секатор. — marafon
Tell Tom that I'm pruning the trees.
Я обрізаю дерева. — deniko
ruСкажи Тому, что я обрезаю деревья. — Selena777
Translations
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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.
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