I cannot prune this tree. It's too high.
Source: tatoeba (1686873)
Prune
/pɹuːn/
Synonyms for "prune" (244 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
Noun(14 words)
cutcut branchcutbackcutsdeadheaddeadline driven algorithmdisbuddownsizingdried fruitdried plumdried plumsedgesexpurgatinghorticulture term
Verb(14 words)
cutcut backdecapitateddecapitatesdiscard unused itemsdiscardeddresseconomizedelideseliminatedexcisedexcludedexpurgatesflense
Related words (122)
inciseisolatejigsawknock offlancelistlopminimizemoronmowmulchmutilateniporangeparepeelpick outplowpollpollard
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rakereaprecaprecapitulatereducerendretrenchriveroot outrule outsawscissorset apartset asidesevershaveshearshortenskiveslashsliceslitsnipsnubspadesplitstamp outstrike offstripstrip offstuntsum upsummarizesundersynopsizetake intake offtake outteartelescopethinthin outtilltill the soiltoptrimtruncateweedweed outwhittlewipe outwork
Noun(31 words)
junkinglimbsloppinglopsmeasured trimnippingold womanpreserved plumpruned shootpruned twigrazorsreducerootstalkscreeningshrinksimplifyslicingsneadsuckersuckering
Show 11 more words
sun dried plumtrimtrim appearancetrimmertrimmingtrimstruncatingunembellishingunword a statementweedszib
Verb(19 words)
loploppedparedparesrationaliserationalizeremove object from datasetretrenchedsimplifiessnipstriptthinnedtidiedtrimtrimmedtruncate historytruncateswhackedwhittled
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
18 entriesSultan prunecost complexity pruningdamson prunedeadheaddimensionality reductionfeature pruninggreengage prunenoise pruningpinchingprepruningpruned branchpruned shootpruned twigrecord pruningreduced error pruningthinning
Showing 16 of 18 words.
Collocations
11 entriesSultan prunecost complexity pruningdamson prunedata pruningdried prunegreengage pruneprune branchesprune hedgesprune juicepruned twigpruning shears
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 41 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)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сушена слива noun (dried plum)
Catalan
1 entries- pruna seca noun (dried plum)
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
1 entries- sušená švestka noun (dried plum)
Danish
1 entries- sveske noun (dried plum)
Dutch
1 entries- gedroogde pruim noun (dried plum)
Esperanto
1 entries- sekigita pruno noun (dried plum)
Finnish
1 entries- kuivattu luumu noun (dried plum)
French
1 entries- pruneau noun (dried plum)
Galician
1 entries- ameixa secada noun (dried plum)
German
3 entries- Backpflaume noun (dried plum)
- Dörrpflaume noun (dried plum)
- Trockenpflaume noun (dried plum)
Greek
1 entries- αποξηραμένο δαμάσκηνο noun (dried plum)
Hungarian
1 entries- aszalt szilva noun (dried plum)
Icelandic
1 entries- sveskja noun (dried plum)
Irish
1 entries- prúna noun (dried plum)
Italian
1 entries- prugna secca noun (dried plum)
Japanese
2 entries- プルーン noun (dried plum)
- 西洋李 noun (dried plum)
Korean
1 entries- 말린 자두 noun (dried plum)
Macedonian
1 entries- сува слива noun (dried plum)
Middle English
1 entries- prune noun (dried plum)
Māori
2 entries- paramu menge noun (dried plum)
- purunu noun (dried plum)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh noun (dried plum)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sviske noun (dried plum)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sviske noun (dried plum)
Polish
1 entries- suszona śliwka noun (dried plum)
Portuguese
1 entries- ameixa seca noun (dried plum)
Romanian
1 entries- prună uscată noun (dried plum)
Russian
1 entries- черносли́в noun (dried plum)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- prùn noun (dried plum)
- searg noun (dried plum)
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
3 entries- ciruela pasa noun (dried plum)
- guindón noun (dried plum)
- pruna seca noun (dried plum)
Swedish
2 entries- katrinplommon noun (dried plum)
- sviskon noun (dried plum)
Turkish
1 entries- kuru erik noun (dried plum)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чорно́слив noun (dried plum)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nho khô noun (dried plum)
Walloon
3 entries- caetche noun (dried plum)
- pronne noun (dried plum)
- purnea noun (dried plum)
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)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.