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Prune is a synonym of abbreviate.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between prune and abbreviate

is that prune is (obsolete) to preen; to prepare; to dress while abbreviate is (obsolete) an abridgment .

In lang=en terms the difference between prune and abbreviate

is that prune is to remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive while abbreviate is to reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form .

As nouns the difference between prune and abbreviate

is that prune is (obsolete) a plum while abbreviate is (obsolete) an abridgment .

As verbs the difference between prune and abbreviate

is that prune is to remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive while abbreviate is (obsolete|transitive) to shorten by omitting parts or details .

As an adjective abbreviate is

(obsolete) abbreviated; abridged; shortened .

prune

English

(wikipedia prune)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) prune, from (etyl) , a loanword from a language of Asia Minor.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plum.
  • The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  • (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
    • Synonyms
    * see
    Derived terms
    * German prune * prune tree * pruney * South African prune

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) 'to round-off the front'.

    Verb

    (prun)
  • To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
    • A good grape grower will prune his vines once a year.
  • * Milton
    • Our delightful task / To prune these growing plants, and tend these flowers.
  • (figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
    • to prune a budget, or an essay
  • * Francis Bacon
    • taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be pruned and reformed
  • (obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His royal bird / Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak.
    (Dryden)
    (Spenser)
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

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    abbreviate

    English

    Etymology 1

    * Either' from (etyl) abbreviaten, from (etyl) . * See abridge.

    Verb

    (abbreviat)
  • (obsolete) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off.
  • (obsolete) To speak or write in a brief manner.
  • To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
  • To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
  • (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
    • Synonyms
    * shorten
    Antonyms
    * lengthen
    Related terms
    * abbreviation * abbreviator

    Etymology 2

    * From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
  • *
  • (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An abridgment.

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