prune

Definition of prune in English English dictionary: To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive
A good grape grower will prune his vines once a year.; A plum; An old woman, especially a wrinkly one; To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material); as, to prune a budget
Section 3, in its early paragraphs, is a pruning and reshaping of THN 1.1.4–6.; The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum; {v} to lop, dress, trim; {n} a dried plum; a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes; A dried plum Traced back to Roman times, the prune is popular for its ability to store well Commercial dehydration has replaced sun-drying as the method of producing plums; To lop or cut off, as the superfluous branches of trees; When you prune a tree or bush, you cut off some of the branches so that it will grow better the next year. You have to prune a bush if you want fruit There is no best way to prune. Prune back means the same as prune. Apples, pears and cherries can be pruned back when they've lost their leaves; To eliminate a node from further consideration during culling; If you prune something, you cut out all the parts that you do not need. Firms are cutting investment and pruning their product ranges. Prune back means the same as prune. The company has pruned back its workforce by 20,000 since 1989. a dried plum, often cooked before it is eaten; A plum; esp; To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay; A prune is a dried plum; dried plum; To preen; to prepare; to dress; To dress; to prink; - used humorously or in contempt; To cut or lop superfluous branches etc in order to induce regular growth; cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"; {f} cut, chop off; trim tree branches (or shrubs, etc.); reduce, lessen; remove, take away, rid; {i} dried plum; foolish person, unpopular person (Slang); Remove unnecessary or unused branches from a multicast router (mrouter) network when no sites on those branches are part of a multipoint call; The dried plum; weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"; A old woman, especially a wrinkly one; To cut off or cut out, as useless parts
prune back: see prune 2, 3
prune cake: moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree
prune out: remove unnecessary elements by cutting, cut off, cut back (especially in reference to plants and trees)
prune whip: dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream
mirabelle prune: A mirabelle plum
pruner: Any of several unrelated beetles whose larvae attack the branches of trees
pruner: A person who prunes, or a tool used in pruning
pruning: A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub
pruning: A method of enumeration that allows to cut parts of a decision tree
pruning: Something obtained by pruning, as a twig
pruner: {n} one who lops trees, one who cuts off
pruned: (of plants or trees) shaped by having superfluous branches or shoots trimmed back or cut off; "abundant fruit from properly pruned vines and fruit trees
pruned: past of prune
pruner: One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous
pruner: When the branches fall each contains a pupa
pruner: A person who prunes, or a tool used in prining
pruner: a long-handled edge tool with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
pruner: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe"
pruner: Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum mœstum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark
pruner: {i} cutter, chopper, one who trims tree branches (or shrubs, etc.)
pruner: a long-handled edge tool with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe
prunes: plural of prune
prunes: third-person singular of prune
pruning: The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous
pruning: The manual removal of the lower branches of crop trees, to a predetermined height to produce clear, knot-free wood
pruning: the act of trimming a plant
pruning: {i} cutting, chopping off; trimming branches from a tree; reducing, lessening
pruning: the manual removal, close to or flush with the stem, of side branches, live or dead, and of multiple leaders from standing, generally plantation-grown trees Pruning is carried out to improve the market value of the final wood product by producing knot-free wood for the improvement of the tree or its timber
pruning: The removal of branches from a tree stem, usually from the bottom up, in order to improve wood quality or reduce the chance of fire moving into the tree crown
pruning: The cutting and removing of a plant’s twigs or buds to improve or maintain its health or direct its growth
pruning: The practice of cutting or pinching back the shoots, leaves and stems of a tree or shrub to control the growth rate and shape of the plant
pruning: present participle of prune
pruning: something that has been pruned off of a plant
pruning: the selective elimination or "weeding out" of synapses
pruning: Cutting a shrub or tree to improve its shape
pruning: Making small cuts with a pruning tool to remove damaged and dead branches Pruning controls the size and shape of plants as they grow, spurs the production of fruits and flowers and eliminates dead or infected parts of plants
pruning: Removing live or dead branches from standing trees to improve wood quality
pruning: Eliminating lower level splits or entire sub-trees in a decision tree This term is also used to describe algorithms that adjust the topology of a neural net by removing (i e , pruning) hidden nodes
pruning: The act of cutting off various parts of grape wines, usually in winter when the vines are dormant Pruning develops the shapes of wines when they are young and controls the growth, fruit quantity (and therefore, quality) of producing wines
pruning: v To use one's bike or helmet to remove leaves and branches from the surrounding flora Usually unintentional
pruning: The manual removal of the lower branches of crop trees to a predetermined height to produce clear, knot-free wood
pruning: Removal of live or dead branches from standing trees-usually the lower branches of young trees and of multiple leaders or shoots in plantation trees- for the improvement of the tree or its timber Cutting away of superfluous growth, including roots, from any plant to improve its development
pruning: A process that removes unavailable printers from Active Directory listing An orphan pruner program running on the domain controller periodically checks for orphaned printers, that is, printers that are offline or powered down, and deletes the printer objects of the printers it cannot find
pruning: the act of trimming a plant something that has been pruned off of a plant
pruning: The removal of live or dead branches from standing trees With forest trees, pruning is generally done along the trunk to remove the side branches (which cause knots in the wood) to produce a higher quality wood (knot-free)
pruning: A base activity of pruning in an ATU
pruning: Removal of live or dead branches from standing trees-usually the lower branches of young trees and of multiple leaders or shoots in plantation trees for the improvement of the tree or its timber Cutting away of superfluous growth, including roots, from any plant to improve its development
pruning: the elimination of excess synapses or connections that creates a more powerful and efficient system of connections or pathways; pruning also allows the remaining synapses to function at a higher level
pruning: Cutting back the vegetative part of the vine after it has become dormant Pruning affects the size and quality of the next year's crop
pruning: That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings
pruning: Removing live or dead branches from standing trees

Turkish - English

Definition of prune in Turkish English dictionary
Prune Belly Syndrome: (Tıp) Yeni doğan bebeklerde görülen bir bozukluk.Bebekte karın içi kasları(abdominal muscles) hiç yoktur ve mide buruşmuş kuru erik görünümündedir.Eagle-Barrett sendromu da denir

prune

Turkish pronunciation

prun

Synonyms

clip, cut back, dock, eliminate, exclude, gut, knock off, lop, pare down, reduce, shape, shave, shear, shorten, skive

Pronunciation

/ˈpro͞on/ /ˈpruːn/

Etymology

[ prün ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old French prune, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (prounon), variant of προῦμνον (proumnon, “plum”).