Prune vs. Date

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.

Datenoun

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

Datenoun

The date palm.

Datenoun

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

Datenoun

A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

Datenoun

A point in time.

Datenoun

(rare) Assigned end; conclusion.

Datenoun

(obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.

Datenoun

A pre-arranged meeting.

Datenoun

One's companion for social activities or occasions.

Datenoun

A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

Dateverb

(transitive) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

Dateverb

(transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

Dateverb

(transitive) To determine the age of something.

Dateverb

(transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

Dateverb

To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.

Dateverb

To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.

Dateverb

(intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

Dateverb

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Datenoun

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

Datenoun

That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.

Datenoun

The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.

Datenoun

Assigned end; conclusion.

Datenoun

Given or assigned length of life; dyration.

Dateverb

To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.

Dateverb

To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.

Dateverb

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; - with from.

Datenoun

the specified day of the month;

Datenoun

a particular day specified as the time something will happen;

Datenoun

a meeting arranged in advance;

Datenoun

a particular but unspecified point in time;

Datenoun

the present;

Datenoun

a participant in a date;

Datenoun

the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred;

Datenoun

sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

Dateverb

go on a date with;

Dateverb

stamp with a date;

Dateverb

assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of;

Dateverb

date regularly; have a steady relationship with;

Dateverb

provide with a dateline; mark with a date;