prune

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Word type: noun; verb; adjective; adverb

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

Direction: arrow points to the broader concept; dashed outline: no word in this language; Click any word to expand it.

Senses

Sense 1 noun

dried plum

Types & categories

dried fruit hypernym

Sense 2 verb

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

dress the plants in the garden

Types & categories

thin out hypernym
shear hyponym
pollard hyponym
pinch hyponym
disbud hyponym

Related & opposite

snip derivation
clipping derivation
pruning derivation
clipper derivation
pruning hook derivation
snip derivation
pruner derivation
harvest derivation

Sense 3 verb

weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet

Types & categories

eliminate hypernym

Related & opposite

restrict also see
reduce also see
cut out also see

Table view of this graph

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	hypernym	Types & categories	dried fruit
2	derivation	Related & opposite	snip
2	derivation	Related & opposite	clipping
2	derivation	Related & opposite	pruning
2	derivation	Related & opposite	clipper
2	derivation	Related & opposite	pruning hook
2	derivation	Related & opposite	snip
2	derivation	Related & opposite	pruner
2	derivation	Related & opposite	harvest
2	hypernym	Types & categories	thin out
2	hyponym	Types & categories	shear
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pollard
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pinch
2	hyponym	Types & categories	disbud
3	also see	Related & opposite	restrict
3	also see	Related & opposite	reduce
3	also see	Related & opposite	cut out
3	hypernym	Types & categories	eliminate