A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub. / (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.

present participle of prune

plural of pruning

simple past tense and past participle of prune

(obsolete) A plum. / The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. / (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.

(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

(intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.

plural of prune

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prune

The practice of pruning plants during the growing season.