prune

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) A plum.
  2. Noun.  The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  3. Noun.  (slang) An old woman, ''especially'' a wrinkly one.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material); as, ''to prune a budget''.

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