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prune 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: proignier, probably from provigner 'to breed plants from shoots', from Latin propago; PROPAGATE]
also prune sth ¡û¡ú back
to cut off some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow better
::The roses need pruning.
especially BrE to make something smaller by removing parts that you do not need or want
::The company is pruning staff in order to reduce costs.
::The original version of the text has been pruned quite a bit.