I cannot prune this tree. It's too high.
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Prune
//pɹuːn//
Synonyms for "prune" (163 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
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Verb(5 words)
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2 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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8 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
149 translations across 60 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أَجَاص noun (dried plum)
- خَوْخ مُجَفَّف noun (dried plum)
- عَوِينَة noun (dried plum)
- عَوِينَة مُجَفَّفَة noun (dried plum)
Armenian
1 entries- սալորաչիր noun (dried plum)
Assamese
1 entries- ডল verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qırpmaq verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Basque
1 entries- adaburutu verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Bulgarian
4 entries- сушена слива noun (dried plum)
- кастря verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- подрязвам verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- съкращавам verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
Catalan
3 entries- pruna seca noun (dried plum)
- esporgar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- podar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 乾梅子 /干梅子 noun (dried plum)
- 李子乾 /李子干 noun (dried plum)
- 梅乾 /梅干 noun (dried plum)
- 西梅乾 /西梅干 noun (dried plum)
Czech
3 entries- sušená švestka noun (dried plum)
- prostříhat verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- prořezat verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Dalmatian
1 entries- potuor verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Danish
2 entries- sveske noun (dried plum)
- beskære verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Dutch
4 entries- besje noun (old woman)
- gedroogde pruim noun (dried plum)
- inkorten verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
- snoeien verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Esperanto
1 entries- sekigita pruno noun (dried plum)
Finnish
4 entries- kuivattu luumu noun (dried plum)
- karsia verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- karsia verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
- oksia verb (trim a tree or shrub)
French
4 entries- pruneau noun (dried plum)
- tailler verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- élaguer verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- émonder verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Friulian
1 entries- cerpî verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Galician
4 entries- ameixa secada noun (dried plum)
- cepar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- espolar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- podar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Gallo
1 entries- émonder verb (trim a tree or shrub)
German
4 entries- Backpflaume noun (dried plum)
- Dörrpflaume noun (dried plum)
- Trockenpflaume noun (dried plum)
- be-, zurück-) verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Greek
2 entries- αποξηραμένο δαμάσκηνο noun (dried plum)
- κλαδεύω verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Hebrew
2 entries- זָמַר verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- קִנֵּב verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
Hungarian
1 entries- aszalt szilva noun (dried plum)
Icelandic
2 entries- sveskja noun (dried plum)
- snyrta verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Ido
1 entries- rekortar verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
Irish
3 entries- prúna noun (dried plum)
- meang verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- sciot verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Italian
4 entries- prugna secca noun (dried plum)
- accorciare verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
- potare verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- ridurre verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Japanese
2 entries- プルーン noun (dried plum)
- 西洋李 noun (dried plum)
Korean
1 entries- 말린 자두 noun (dried plum)
Latin
1 entries- pampinō verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Macedonian
2 entries- сува слива noun (dried plum)
- ка́стри verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
Middle English
1 entries- prune noun (dried plum)
Māori
4 entries- paramu menge noun (dried plum)
- purunu noun (dried plum)
- kaikauau verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- kaikawau verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh noun (dried plum)
Norman
1 entries- êmonder verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Norwegian
1 entries- kviste verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- sviske noun (dried plum)
- beskjære verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- beskjære verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sviske noun (dried plum)
Occitan
1 entries- podar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بودامق verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Persian
2 entries- خشاوه کردن verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- هرس کردن verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Polish
1 entries- suszona śliwka noun (dried plum)
Portuguese
4 entries- ameixa seca noun (dried plum)
- maracujá de gaveta noun (old woman)
- podar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- podar verb ((figuratively) cut down or shorten)
Quechua
1 entries- ch'aphranay verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Romanian
3 entries- prună uscată noun (dried plum)
- curăță verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- emonda verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Romansch
2 entries- tagliar giu verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- tschancunar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Russian
2 entries- черносли́в noun (dried plum)
- прореживать verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Sardinian
3 entries- pudai verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- pudare verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- putare verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- prùn noun (dried plum)
- searg noun (dried plum)
- beàrr verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- bàrr verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- suva šljiva noun (dried plum)
- сува шљива noun (dried plum)
Slovak
1 entries- sušená slivka noun (dried plum)
Slovene
1 entries- suha sliva noun (dried plum)
Spanish
4 entries- ciruela pasa noun (dried plum)
- guindón noun (dried plum)
- pruna seca noun (dried plum)
- podar verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Swahili
1 entries- pogoa verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Swedish
4 entries- katrinplommon noun (dried plum)
- sviskon noun (dried plum)
- ansa verb (trim a tree or shrub)
- beskära verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Turkish
4 entries- kuru erik noun (dried plum)
- muşmula noun (old woman)
- muşmula suratlı noun (old woman)
- budamak verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чорно́слив noun (dried plum)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nho khô noun (dried plum)
Walloon
4 entries- caetche noun (dried plum)
- caetche noun (old woman)
- pronne noun (dried plum)
- purnea noun (dried plum)
Welsh
1 entries- tocio verb (trim a tree or shrub)
Yup'ik
1 entries- isuumaq noun (dried plum)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I can't prune this tree. It's too tall.
Source: tatoeba (2278753)
Why did the tomato go out with a prune? Because it couldn't find a date.
Source: tatoeba (2570785)
Tom and Mary had to prune their household budget when Tom was retrenched from work.
Source: tatoeba (3677923)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.