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Definition of prune

"prune" in the noun sense

1. prune

dried plum

"prune" in the verb sense

1. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

"dress the plants in the garden"

2. cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise

weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

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Quotations for prune

We must prune it with care, so as only to remove the redundant branches, and not injure the stem, which has its root in the generous sensitiveness to shame. [ Plutarch ]

Make yourself thoroughly acquainted with your subject before writing, write without special attention to composition, and prune afterwards what you have written. [ Sir Austen Henry Layard, The Art of Authorship, 1891 ]

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of prune

2 letter words in prune (6 words)

ennupereunup

3 letter words in prune (6 words)

penperpunruerunurn

4 letter words in prune (2 words)

purerune

5 letter words in prune (1 word)

prune

prune + 1 blank (11 words)

penuryprunedprunerprunespunierpunnerpunterpurinerespununpureunripe

prune + 2 blanks (27 words)

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Words containing the sequence prune

Words that start with prune (5 words)

pruneprunedprunerprunersprunes

Words with prune in them (6 words)

pruneoverprunedoverprunesreprunedreprunesunpruned

Words that end with prune (3 words)

overpruneprunereprune
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Word Growth involving prune

Shorter words in prune

un run rune

Longer words containing prune

overprune overpruned

overprune overprunes

pruned overpruned

pruned repruned

pruned unpruned

pruner pruners

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