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Meaning of Prune | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

pɹuːn

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الإجاص المجفّف شذب قضب قلم نقح هذب

Azərbaycan dili qırpmaq

Bosanski mušmula suha šljiva suva šljiva želva сува шљива

Català esporgar podar

Čeština prořezat sušená švestka želva

Cymraeg tocio

Dansk beskære

Deutsch Backpflaume be-, zurück-) kürzen Trockenpflaume zurecht-, zurück-)

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

Galego cepar espolar podar

עברית זמר

हिन्दी आलू आलू बुख़ारा

Hrvatski mušmula suha šljiva suva šljiva želva сува шљива

Íslenska snyrta

Italiano accorciare potare ridurre sfoltire

日本語刈髠

Latina pampino

Македонски кастри

Nederlands besje inkorten snoeien

Português maracujá de gaveta podar

Română curăța

Русский прореживать

Српски mušmula suha šljiva suva šljiva želva сува шљива

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

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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