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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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pruning

/pruːn/

US pronunciation
American sound/pruːn/
pruning
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final ng sound

pru - ning -> pruning

Myanmar meaning

(n) လျှော့ချခြင်း အလွန်အဆိပ်ပြင်းသောအက်စစ်တစ်မျိုး။ ပရတ်ဆစ်အက်စစ်။

Full entry

prune1 /pru:n/ n

မက်မန်းနှင့်ဆင်သော ဆီးသီးခြောက်။ stewed prunes.

prune2 /pru:n/ v

၁။ ~ sth (from/ off sth); ~ sth (away/ back/ off) အကိုင်းအခက်ချိုင်သည်။ She has been pruning the roses. ❍ Prune back the longer branches. ❍ CLIP2
၂။ ~ sth (of sth); ~ sth (down) စိစစ်လျှော့ချသည်။ ဖြတ်တောက် သည်။ prune expenditure ❍ Try to prune your essay of irrelevant detail. ❍ I'm pruning down my Christmas card list this year.
❏ pruning n [U] လျှော့ချခြင်း (သို့) အကိုင်းအခက် ချိုင် ခြင်း။ the pruning of overseas forces ❍ Careful pruning at the right time is the secret of success with roses. ❍ My article could do with a bit of pruning.

More examples
  • We’ll need to prune back the branches this year.
  • Companies must continually prune costs to stay competitive.
Synonyms
clip, trim, snip, cut back, cut, prune back, abbreviate, abridge, condense, crop, curtail, dock, eliminate, exclude, gut, knock off, lop, pare down, reduce, shape, shave, shear, shorten, skive, thin, tighten up
Antonyms
accept, expand, include, welcome
Cross references
cliptrimsnipcut backcutprune backabbreviateabridgecondensecropcurtaildockeliminateexcludegutknock offloppare downreduceshapeshaveshearshortenskivethintighten upacceptexpand
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