What is the meaning of prune?

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
- usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
- synonyms: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, cut back
Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
- usage: "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
- synonyms: cut, rationalize, rationalise

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