'Pruned' definitions:
Definition of 'Pruned'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'pruned'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Spartan,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- trimmed,
- truncated