📖 Definitions of "Prunes"
noun
- 1
A plum.
- 2
The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
- 3
An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
verb
- 1
To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
verb
- 1
To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
"A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year."
- 2
To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
"to prune a budget, or an essay"
- 3
To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- 4
To preen; to prepare; to dress.
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