prune

Definition

  • noun: a dried plum that is often cooked before it is eaten
  • noun: a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
  • verb: to cut off some of the branches of (a tree or bush) so that it will grow better or look better
  • verb: to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter
  • often + 'back'
  • synonyms: preen, prepare, dress

Examples

  • a pair of 'pruning shears'

  • The bushes need 'pruning'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,l demand that you leave at once, Sir!\NYou are breaking and entering! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Dry up, Dursley, you great prune. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Mind, l haven't seen you\Nsince you was a baby, Harry. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone