prune
Cut back branches
Prune has two distinct meanings.
As a noun, a prune is a dried plum, wrinkled and dark, eaten as a snack or used in cooking.
The wrinkled appearance gives rise to informal use describing elderly or shriveled-looking people or skin: My fingers are all pruney from the bath.
The verb prune means to trim branches or foliage from a plant to encourage healthy growth or shape it.
This extends figuratively to cutting away unnecessary parts of anything: We need to prune the budget or prune redundant staff.
Heavy-duty cutting blades
- secateursGarden cutting tool
- loppersLong-handled branch cutters
- snipSmall quick cut
- trimRemove unwanted edges
clip · shape · deadhead · thin · train · espalier · bonsai · topiary
Fruit tree plantation
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- harvestGathering mature crops
- stonefruitFruit with central pit
- cultivarBred plant variety
rootstock · grafting · European · Japanese · freestone · clingstone · damson · greengage
Desiccated grape
- apricotFuzzy orange stone fruit
- figFicus tree's sweet produce
- dateSpecific day or outing
- currantSmall seedless dried grape
sultana · compote · stewed · juice · puree · fiber · laxative · digestive
Contracted from moisture loss
- wizenedShrunken from age
- witheredDried and shrunken
- puckeredDrawn into wrinkles
- crinkledFormed small wrinkles
leathery · dried · aged · weathered · desiccated · furrowed · creased · face
shears
Heavy-duty cutting blades
trim · clip · shape · deadhead · thin · train · espalier · bonsai · topiary · hedge
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- harvestGathering mature crops
- stonefruitFruit with central pit
cultivar · rootstock · grafting · European · Japanese · freestone · clingstone · damson · greengage · mirabelle
raisin
Desiccated grape
currant · sultana · compote · stewed · juice · puree · fiber · laxative · digestive · sorbitol
shriveled
Contracted from moisture loss
crinkled · leathery · dried · aged · weathered · desiccated · furrowed · creased · face · skin
simplify
Make less complex
- organizePut into systematic order
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- tidyFree from clutter
purge · downsize · minimize · edit · reduce · cull · eliminate · cut-back · discard · remove
dormant
Inactive but capable
pinching · pollarding · coppicing · canopy · airflow · sunlight · vigor · fruiting · flowering · growth
- fruitsstrawberries, cherry, cherries, mango, peaches
- dried fruitsraisin, date, fig, apricot, cranberry
- PlumsVictoria, Stanley, Friar, Burgundy, Kelsey
- stone fruitspeach, apricot, nectarine, cherry, peaches
- hobby termsstitch, cast on, bind off, gauge, bobbin
- pruningtopiary, clip, hedge trimming, trim, deadheading
- pruning shearsTool for cutting branches
- prune juiceLiquid from dried plums
- prune face
- pruning sawCurved blade for branches
- hand prunersManual cutting tool for plants
- pruning hookCurved cutting tool
pruning, prunus, prunes, pruned, pruner, pruners, unpruned, prunelike