Meaning of Prune | Babel Free
pɹuːnDefinitions
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A plum. obsolete
- The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
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Something wrinkly like a prune. figuratively
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An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. slang
Equivalents
Examples
“We are not free when we are in the grip of the false conditioning that decrees that we need sex. We are not free if we believe the culture's ominous warnings that we will become "horny" (what a callous, offensive word) and frustrated and neurotic and finally shrivel up into prunes and have to abandon hope of being good, creative, effective people.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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