Prune
71prune — See: FULL OF BEANS or FULL OF PRUNES …
72prune — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, ax, backset, ban, bar, bisect, blockhead, bob, boil down, brash, butcher, capsulize, carve, chop, chump, cleave, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop,… …
73Prune — Provenance. Prénom inspiré du fruit du prunellier. Se fête le 5 octobre. Histoire. Sainte Fleur est l une des premières religieuses vouées au service des malades dans un ordre hospitalier, à une époque où toutes les femmes consacrées sont… …
74prune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. trim, abbreviate, thin, lop; remove. See deduction. II (Roget s IV) n. Varieties of prunes include: French, Stanley, Italian Fellemberg, St. Julien, myrobalan, Bosnian; see also fruit 1 . v. Syn.… …
75prune — See: full of beans or full of prunes …
76prune — n British a foolish person. A mild term of childish abuse, employing one of the less appe tizing elements on the typical family and/or school dinner menus of the 1950s and 1960s …
77prune — pruËn n. dried plum; foolish person, unpopular person (Slang) v. cut, chop off; trim tree branches (or shrubs, etc.); reduce, lessen; remove, take away, rid …
78prune — prune1 noun 1》 a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance. 2》 informal a disagreeable person. Origin ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk prou(m)non plum . prune2 verb 1》 trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or… …
79prune — I. v. a. 1. Lop, trim, clip, dock. 2. Dress, trim, preen. II. n. Dried plum …
80Prune — prunes …
