prune
US: /ˈpɹun/
UK: /pɹˈuːn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
prune /prune/- ngoại động từ
- sửa, tỉa bớt, xén bớt
- to prune down a tree: sửa cây, tỉa cây
- to prune off (away) branches: xén cành, tỉa cành, chặt bớt cành
- (nghĩa bóng) cắt bớt, xén bớt, lược bớt (những phần thừa...)
- sửa, tỉa bớt, xén bớt
- danh từ, ngoại động từ, (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm), (như) preen
- mận khô
- màu mận chín, màu đỏ tím
- prumes and prism
- cách nói nhỏ nhẻ õng ẹo
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
a dried PLUM that is often eaten cooked: stewed prunes
+ verb [VN] ~ sth (back)
1 to cut off some of the branches from a tree, bush, etc. so that it will grow better and stronger: When should you prune apple trees? + He pruned the longer branches off the tree. + The hedge needs pruning back.
2 to make sth smaller by removing parts; to cut out parts of sth: Staff numbers have been pruned back to 175. + The railway companies have pruned their timetables (= there are fewer trains). + Prune out any unnecessary details.
pruning noun [U]: All roses require annual pruning. + The company would benefit from a little pruning here and there.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
clip, cut back, lop, dock, pare (down), trim:
If you prune fruit trees, they bear more abundantly. We have to prune the entertainment budget.
Collocation
ADV.
hard, heavily, savagely, severely
Prune the trees hard in the winter. (figurative) Local councils could find their housing budgets severely pruned.
| back
The roses had been pruned back savagely.
Concise dictionary
prunes|pruned|pruningpruːnnoun
+dried plum
verb
+cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
+weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
