noun
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A plum.
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The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
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An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
verb
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To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
verb
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To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
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A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year.
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To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
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to prune a budget, or an essay
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To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
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To preen; to prepare; to dress.
Examples of prunes in a Sentence
The Boise valley is an excellent country for raising apples, prunes and other fruits.
Prunes were introduced in 1854, but their possibilities were only slightly appreciaLcd for some thirty years.
The plum-orchards of the Posavina furnish prunes and a spirit called slivovica, shlivovitsa or sliwowitz.
Just as the Gathas (the ancient Zoroastrian hymns) omit Gaokerena, and the Hebrew prophets on the whole avoid mythological phrases, so this old Hebrew thinker prunes the primitive exuberance of the traditional myth.
Grapes, peaches, plums and prunes, apricots, strawberries, raspberries and loganberries, blackberries and dewberries, currants and gooseberries are also grown.
The supremacy of the state is established in the growth of oranges, lemons, citrons, olives, figs, almonds, Persian (or English) walnuts, plums and prunes, grapes and raisins, nectarines, apricots and pomegranates; it also leads in pears and peaches, but here its primacy is not so assured.
It may be considerably diminished by a return to a more natural system of feeding, as by using brown bread instead of white, by taking oatmeal porridge, and by eating raw or cooked fruits, such as apples, oranges, prunes and figs, or preserves made of fruit, such as raspberry and strawberry jam, marmalade, &c., by vegetables or by dried and powdered seaweed.
The Santa Clara Valley has many vegetable and flower-seed farms; it is one of the most fertile of the fruit regions of California, prunes, grapes, peaches and apricots being produced in especial abundance.
The production of orchard fruits (apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums and prunes) increased greatly from 1889 to 1899; the six counties of Ada, Canyon (probably the leading fruit county of the state), Latah (famous for apples), Washington, Owyhee and Nez Perce had in 1900 89% of the plum and prune trees, 85% of all pear trees, 78% of all cherry trees, and 74% of all apple trees in the state, and in 1906 it was estimated by the State Commissioner of Immigration that there were nearly 48,000 acres of land devoted to orchard fruits in Idaho.
It contains the old summer palace of the counts of Provence, and has an active trade, especially in prunes, known as prunes de Brignoles.
The Slavonian plum orchards furnish dried prunes, besides a kind of brandy largely exported under the name of sliwowitz or shlivovitsa.
Cherries, prunes, tofu, and nuts are good sources of copper.
The cultivation of strawberries and vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, beets, beans, tomatoes, egg-plant, cucumbers, water-melons, celery, &c.) for northern markets, and of orchard fruits, especially plums, pears and prunes, has likewise proved successful.
The chief articles of commerce are fattened poultry, prunes (pruneaux d'Agen) and other fruit, cork, wine, vegetables and cattle.
Prunes and French plums are merely plums dried in the sun.
It produces and exports wool, cotton, silk and much dried fruit, of the latter particularly raisins and Ala Bukhara, "Bokhara prunes."
It is the principal commercial town of north-western Servia, exporting cereals, prunes, cattle and pigs to Hungary.
Dundee Cake I've given this light fruit-cake a modern twist using assorted dried fruits experiment with dried cranberries, prunes and dates.
Plums, prunes, peaches, pears and grapes are cultivated very generally over the western half of the state (grapes in the east also), but with greatest success in the south-west; apples prosper best in the north-west.
Heathery and creamy, pears and stewed prunes, as well as slightly more unusual seaweed notes.
Don't think that you need to force him to eat prunes when he loves bananas.
When baking, replace some of the fat with applesauce, pureed prunes(small jars of baby food work well), or nonfat yogurt.
High-fiber foods include whole grain breads and cereals; apples and other fresh fruits; dried fruits such as prunes; pumpkin and squash; fresh raw vegetables; beans and lentils; and nuts and seeds.
For this reason, do not assume that just because your otherwise-regular child is grunting while on the potty that you should immediately run out and buy a truckload of prunes and green beans.
High fiber fruits include apples, plums, citrus fruits, pears and prunes.
Large quantities of prunes, grain, meat, raw hides, eggs and copper are exported, chiefly to Austria-Hungary, Germany and Turkey.
After soaking, the prunes are lifted from the madeira and then quickly enrobed in good dark chocolate to seal in the goodness.
With that being said, it isn't too surprising that a hard working staff plants 3 million annuals, prunes 4 million shrubs, and maintains 13,000 roses each and every year.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine prunes and water in blender; blend to thick paste consistency.
Sunsweet Ones Prunes - Sunsweet sells a variety of dried fruits, but offers their prunes individually wrapped as "ones," which is very handy for those consuming them for digestive health.