Preen vs. Prune

Preennoun

A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.

Preennoun

pin

Preennoun

bodkin; brooch

Preenverb

(transitive) To pin; fasten.

Preenverb

(of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.

Preenverb

To show off, posture, or smarm.

Preenverb

To trim up, as trees.

Preennoun

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

Preenverb

To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; - said of birds.

Preenverb

To trim up, as trees.

Preenverb

To dress (oneself) carefully or stylishly; to primp.

Preenverb

To pride (oneself) on one's accomplishments; to congratulate (oneself).

Preenverb

To dress up neatly and smartly; to make oneself well-groomed and well-dressed.

Preenverb

To feel proud of one's achievement; to swell or gloat.

Preenverb

clean with one's bill;

Preenverb

pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

Preenverb

dress or groom with elaborate care;

Prunenoun

(obsolete) A plum.

Prunenoun

The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.

Prunenoun

(slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.

Pruneverb

To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

Pruneverb

To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).

Pruneverb

To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.

Pruneverb

(obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.

Pruneverb

To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.

Pruneverb

To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.

Pruneverb

To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.

Pruneverb

To preen; to prepare; to dress.

Pruneverb

To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.

Prunenoun

A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.

Prunenoun

dried plum

Pruneverb

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

Pruneverb

weed out unwanted or unnecessary things;

Prunenoun

a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.

Prunenoun

an unpleasant or disagreeable person

Prunenoun

an instance of trimming a tree, shrub, or bush

Pruneverb

trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth

Pruneverb

cut away (a branch or stem) from a tree, shrub, etc.

Pruneverb

reduce the extent of (something) by removing superfluous or unwanted parts

Pruneverb

remove (superfluous or unwanted parts) from something

Prune

A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (Prunus domestica). Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes.