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    [Noun]  | "prune" | \ ˈprün \


    1: a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, plum, from Latin prunum{mat|plum|};

    [Verb]  | "prune" 


    1: to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter

    2: to remove as superfluous

    3: to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English prouynen, probably ultimately from Old French prooignier, alteration of *porrooignier, from por- completely (from Latin pro-) + rooignier to cut, prune, from Vulgar Latin *rotundiare to cut around, from Latin rotundus round {mat|pro-|}, {mat|rotund|};

    [Verb]  | "prunes" 


    1: to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument;


      * e.g., " ... pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree "



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    [Verb]  | "prune" 


    1: to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument;


      * e.g., " ... pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree "



    •  Antonyms : 

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     [ "Pruned" ]

    1: When a 4chan thread gets deleted cause of old age and inactivity. If a thread is popular i.e lots of replies from different people then the lifespan of a thread gets extended

      * e.g.,  ... I wonder how my thread is doing Clicks update (This thread has been pruned or deleted) 

     [ "Pruning" ]

    1: When someone spends too much time in a shower, bath or swimming pool and ends up with soft, wrinkled skin. This then leads to the person looking like a Prune, hence the term.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Man, that was a well deserved bath! Person 2: I can tell - you're Pruning all over! 

     [ "pruned" ]

    1: In private BitTorrent site jargon, a pruned account is one that got deleted, usually due to inactivity on the tracker. Use it or lose it.

      * e.g.,  ... I went on a two-week vacation, and those SCC cocksuckers pruned my account! 

     [ "prune" ]

    1: Someone who either directly or indirectly prevents people from having fun.

      * e.g.,  ... Roommate 1: Hey man, it's raining, can we smoke in the dorm? Roommate 2: No, Roommate 3 is being a prune and is spending all day in the dorm, and he'll totally rat on us if we smoked while he was in the room. Roommate 1: Fuck man, prunes ruin everything. 

     [ "pruning" ]

    1: To trim branches or twigs off a tree or plant

      * e.g.,  ... Swing Ricky, swing! your a monkey and your pruning the tree! Your a monkey pruning! 

     [ "Pruning" ]

    1: To pout ones lip in a photo by saying "prune juice". Made popular by the Olsen Twins.

      * e.g.,  ... She's pruning in that picture. 

     [ "Prune" ]

    1: A person who is acting like a prick, or immaturely. Or it can be used for a plain old douche bag. It can be used as a substitution for gay, faggot, Jew, or any politically insensitive term.

      * e.g.,  ... -Do you see that guy acting like he owns the place over there? 

     [ "prune" ]

    1: a guy who wont do anything with a girl . thought to be gay

      * e.g.,  ... omg andrew is so prune 

     [ "prune" ]

    1: (v., Irish slang) To grab someone's testicles and squeeze hard. A common tactic of bullies in Irish schoolyards.

      * e.g.,  ... Damo and Anto held Paddy down while Tommo pruned him. 

     [ "prune" ]

    1: a derogatory term for someone who is annoying, a party pooper, uptight, or just plain weird

      * e.g.,  ... Bob: Dude this is the best game ever! Joe: Are you kidding me? Our team is losing! Bob: But the game itself is so wonderful! Joe: Dude, you are such a prune 

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