[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prune \prune\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pruned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   pruning. oe. proine, probably fr. f. provigner to lay
   down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the
   meaning, to cut away superfluous shoots. see provine.
   1. 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. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

            taking into consideration how they laws are to be
            pruned and reformed.                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            our delightful task
            to prune these growing plants, and tend these
            flowers.                              --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
      1913 webster

            horace will our superfluous branches prune.
                                                  --waller.
      1913 webster

   3. to preen; to prepare; to dress. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            his royal bird
            prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
pruned pruning provine 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pruned
     adj : of plants or trees shaped by having superfluous branches
           or shoots trimmed back or cut off; "abundant fruit from
           properly pruned vines and fruit trees"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

58 moby thesaurus words for "pruned":
   spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed,
   brief, brusque, capsule, capsulized, clipped, close, compact,
   compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp,
   cropped, curt, curtailed, cut, cut short, digested, docked, elided,
   elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic, laconic, mowed, mown, nipped,
   pithy, pointed, pollard, polled, reaped, reserved, sententious,
   shaved, sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened,
   snub, snubbed, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse,
   tight, to the point, trimmed, truncated

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