prune

prune is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.
2. transitive verb. To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
3. transitive verb. To preen; to prepare; to dress.
4. intransitive verb. To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
5. noun. A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.
6. noun. dried plum
7. verb. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

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

   Synonyms: cut, rationalise, rationalize

8. verb. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

   "dress the plants in the garden"

   Synonyms: clip, crop, dress, lop, snip, trim

Synonyms

cut, rationalise, rationalize, clip, crop, dress, lop, snip, trim

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in prune:

perun

Common word forms

pruned, pruner, prunes, pruning

Words from these letters

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