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What does prune mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word prune? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (obsolete) A plum.
  2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  3. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
Verb
  1. (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
  3. (transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
  4. (obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.
  5. (intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
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