Definitions
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Word origin
From 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.
Used in a sentence
“I hardly left that spot in my pool that month even when my fingers pruned and chlorine dried out my skin.”
“A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year.”
“But poore old man, thou prun'ſt a rotten tree, / That cannot ſo much as a bloſſome yeelde”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Trim branches”5 letters
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