a dried plumBrit, informal a silly person [Middle English from early French prune plum, via Latin prunum from Greek proumnon]
to cut off the dead or unwanted parts of (a woody plant or shrub)to reduce (text, etc) by eliminating superfluous matter You'll have to prune that speech a bitto remove (something) as superfluous Prune away all ornamentation verb intransto cut away what is unwanted [Middle English prouynen from early French proignier]