prune (n.)
- abstract
- ax
- ban
- bar
- blockhead
- bob
- butcher
- chop
- chump
- clip
- compress
- contract
- crop
- cull
- culture
- cut
- dig
- dimwit
- dock
- dolt
- dope
- dress
- dumbbell
- excise
- fallow
- fissure
- force
- gash
- hack
- harrow
- hew
- hoe
- idiot
- ignoramus
- jigsaw
- lance
- list
- lop
- moron
- mow
- mulch
- nip
- pare
- peel
- plow
- poll
- pollard
- rake
- recap
- rend
- rive
- saw
- shave
- shear
- slash
- slice
- slit
- snip
- snub
- spade
- split
- strip
- stunt
- tear
- telescope
- thin
- till
- trim
- weed
- whittle
- work
prune (v.)
- abbreviate
- abridge
- abstract
- amputate
- annihilate
- ax
- ban
- bar
- bisect
- bob
- butcher
- capsulize
- carve
- chop
- cleave
- clip
- compress
- condense
- contract
- crop
- cull
- cultivate
- culture
- curtail
- cut
- delve
- dichotomize
- dig
- dissever
- dock
- dope
- dress
- elide
- eliminate
- enucleate
- epitomize
- eradicate
- except
- excise
- exclude
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fertilize
- fissure
- force
- foreshorten
- gash
- hack
- halve
- harrow
- hew
- hoe
- incise
- isolate
- lance
- list
- lop
- mow
- mulch
- mutilate
- nip
- pare
- peel
- plow
- poll
- pollard
- rake
- reap
- recap
- recapitulate
- reduce
- rend
- retrench
- rive
- saw
- scissor
- sever
- shave
- shear
- shorten
- skive
- slash
- slice
- slit
- snip
- snub
- spade
- split
- strip
- stunt
- summarize
- sunder
- tear
- telescope
- thin
- till
- trim
- truncate
- weed
- whittle
- work
