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Another word for prune

prune Synonyms

prune

n.

Varieties of prunes include: French, Stanley, Italian-Fellemberg, St. Julien, myrobalan, Bosnian;

prune Synonyms

prune

v.

lop, clip, dock; see cut 1.

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Another word for prune

verb

To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:

chop¹, clip¹, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop¹, lower², pare, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase

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Prune early vines and peaches.
He didn't spend much time at the hospital because the step father is a prune and he snubbed Julie.
In the forcing-houses prune and train the trees; fork over and dress the borders of such houses as have not been already done.
The acid is also the active ingredient of the preparations of Virginian Prune, to which the same strictures apply.
Prune fruit trees in mild weather or in moderate frosts, nailing only in fine weather.

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