| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| prune |
| 1. n. (obsolete) A plum. |
| 2. n. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. |
| 3. n. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. |
| 4. v. (transitive, horticulture) 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. |
| 5. v. (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). |
| to prune a budget, or an essay |
| 6. v. (transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure. |
| 7. v. (obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress. |
| 8. v. (intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| katrinplommon |
| 1. n-n. prune |
