| inglese > italiano | |
| prune | |
| 1. prugna secca | |
| 2. potare, ridurre | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| prune | |
| 1. subst. (obsolete) A plum. |  |
| 2. subst. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. |  |
| 3. subst. (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. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| prugna secca | |
| 1. subst. prune (dried fruit of the plum) |  |