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      [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|};

      [Noun]  | "pruning hook" 


      1: a pole bearing a curved blade for pruning plants


      Origin: 1611 ;

      [Noun]  | "pruning shears" 


      1: a garden tool that is used for cutting off the branches of trees and bushes

      [Verb]  | "pruning" 


      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 "



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       [ "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 seek out old men who have balls so old that they look like prunes

        * e.g.,  ... she's going out pruning tonight 

       [ "pruning" ]

      1: when the old people do the oldest version of the nasty

        * e.g.,  ... i walked in on them pruning 

       [ "pruning" ]

      1: When one or more persons engage in sexual activities in water until their fingers become wrinkled like prunes

        * e.g.,  ... Holy shit! Ethan and Ceilidh pruned in the hot tub before we got in it! pruning-when one or more persons engage in sexual activities in water until their fingers become wrinkled like prunes 

       [ "pruning" ]

      1: when you finger something and let it linger inside until your finger looks like you been in a long shower

        * e.g.,  ... yo bro... i just pruned this chick last night.. my finger is all wrinkled now definition: pruning or prune.. to leave your finger inside a moist area till it wrinkles 

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

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

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