noun

1. a plum dried for eating
2. any of various varieties of plum that can be dried without spoiling
3. ☆ Slang a dull or otherwise unpleasant person

Etymology: ME < MFr < VL pruna < L prunum < Gr proumnon, plum

transitive verb pruned, pruning prun′·ing

1. to remove dead or living parts from (a plant) so as to increase fruit or flower production or improve the form
2. to cut out or get rid of as being unnecessary
3. to reduce or diminish by removing what is unnecessary

Etymology: ME prouynen < OFr prooignier, prob. < provaignier, to cut < provain (< L propago: see propagate), a slip, infl. by rooignier, to cut off < LL *rotundiare < L rotundus, round: see rotund

intransitive verb

transitive verb, intransitive verb pruned, pruning prun′·ing

Etymology: ME proinen < OFr poroindre < por- (for pro-) + oindre (< L ungere), to anoint