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Meaning of Prune | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pɹuːn

Definitions

  1. A plum.
    obsolete
  2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  3. Something wrinkly like a prune.
    figuratively
  4. An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
    slang

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qırpmaq
Català esporgar podar
Cymraeg tocio
Dansk beskære
Ελληνικά κλαδεύω
Español podar
Euskara adaburutu
Suomi kärsiä oksia väskynä vesoa
Français élaguer émonder prune prune tailler
Gaeilge meang sciot
Gàidhlig bàrr beàrr meidh sgàth
עברית זמר
Íslenska snyrta
Italiano accorciare potare ridurre sfoltire
日本語
Latina pampino
Македонски кастри
Nederlands besje inkorten snoeien
Română curăța
Русский прореживать
Svenska ansa beskära skära ner trimma tukta
Kiswahili pogoa
ไทย พรุน
Türkçe budamak muşmula
Українська чорнослив

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.
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