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The word prune is in the Wiktionary

26 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • prune n. (Obsolete) A plum.
  • prune n. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  • prune n. (Slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
  • prune v. (Intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept…
  • prune v. (Transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make…
  • prune v. (Transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
  • prune v. (Transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
  • prune v. (Obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Middle english
    • prune n. A plum (fruit of Prunus domestica).
    • prune n. A prune (dried plum).
    • prune n. (Pathology) A large, rounded boil.
  • Old french
  • Romanian
    • prune n. Plural of prună.
— English words, defined in French —
  • prune n. Pruneau, prune séchée.
  • prune v. Élaguer.
  • prune v. Égayer (un arbre).
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • prune s. Ameixa seca.
  • prune v. Podar.
— In Dutch —
  • prune bijv. (Kleur) roodpaarse kleur als van een pruim.
— In French —
  • prune n.f. Fruit comestible du prunier, à chair juteuse, à noyau comprenant…
  • prune n.f. (Par extension) Eau-de-vie de prunes.
  • prune n.f. (Sens figuré) (Argot) Coup porté au visage.
  • prune n.f. (Sens figuré) (Argot) Balle tirée par une arme.
  • prune n.f. (Sens figuré) (Argot) Procès-verbal.
  • prune adj. De couleur violet tirant sur le bordeaux. #811453.
  • Prune prén.f. Prénom féminin.
59 English words from 13 English definitions

and become boil branches certain computer computer␣science cut cut␣down data data␣structure down dress dried dried␣plum especially excess figuratively fingers from fruit horticulture informal Intransitive kept large like make material Obsolete old old␣woman one Pathology plum Plural preen prepare prune Prunus removal remove rounded science shorten shrub Slang species structure the toes Transitive tree trim unnecessary when woman wrinkled wrinkly

24 English words from 13 foreign definitions

als Argot Balle bordeaux chair comestible couleur Coup Eau Eau␣de␣vie een extension Fruit noyau par Podar prune prunes Sens van verbal vie violet visage

2 foreign words from 13 English definitions

domestica pruna

27 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

Ameixa arbre arme comprenant De␣couleur Eau-de-vie Égayer Élaguer féminin figuré juteuse kleur Par␣extension porté Prénom Procès Procès␣verbal pruim Pruneau prunier seca séchée Sens␣figuré sur tirant tirée une

23 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pruned pruner Pruner prunes pruney Pruneda pruners Pruners Prunedas prunella prunelle prunello prunetin prunetol Prunedale prunelike prunellas prunelles prunellos prune␣plum prunelloes prunella␣salt prune␣belly␣syndrome

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

repruned reprunes unpruned overpruned overprunes isoprunetin mirabelle␣prunes

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

reprune overprune mirabelle␣prune

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Pru run rune

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

nur Nur urp U-RP

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Perun unrep

26 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

penury prenup prerun Pruden pruned pruner Pruner prunes pruney punier punker punner punter purgen purine rein␣up repugn respun turnep Turpen unperk unpure unrape unreps unripe unrope

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

neur- Nuer Nupe pern Peru Pre-U Prue puer Puer pu'er Pu'er Pune pure reup re-up rune Rupe UNEP Uren urne

11 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Brune paune Prine prone Prone pruce prude Prude pruno prunt pruny

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Prue Pune rune


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