The word "prune" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used as a noun to refer to a dried plum, a verb meaning to remove or trim something, or an adjective meaning "severely plain or austere". Example sentence: I need to prune my rosebush to promote healthy growth.
You can learn to prune apples from a book, but it's easier and more fun to learn from a person.
I learned to prune apples at the side of Jim and Charlie in the orchards at Wisley.
Farmers are thus encouraged to prune the stems and branches of trees like Faidherbia albida, giving new life to the vegetation already there.
Then cut off the flowers and prune the parent plant.
To do so, and to prune NHS bureaucracy, Mr Milburn said the number of local health authorities would gradually be reduced by two-thirds; more decisions will be taken by GPs themselves, through the primary-care trusts into which they have been grouped.However, Mr Milburn's proposals are an over-hyped re-announcement of existing policy, and should be treated sceptically.
In America its two domestic rivals, General Motors (GM and Chryslerr, are using bankruptcy protection and $62 billion from the Treasury to shrink their debt, reduce the cost of their obligations to retired workers and prune their sprawling dealer networks.
Bosses should swallow their pride and prune their empires, concentrating only on geographical or technical niches where they have a clear advantage over the giants.
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder hopes that the cuts, which should prune the average worker's tax bill by 10%, will help to fizz up the economy.
Japanese-owned companies, if they do anything, still stick to early retirement schemes and a freeze on new hires.There are several reasons why they find it hard to prune staff.
It has resolved to "prune" the "unbearable" subsidies, mostly of fuel and electricity, which now consume one-fifth of its budget, promising instead to give poor households 1,000 rupees ($15) a month in cash.
Governments across the rich world, but particularly in America, should aggressively prune deductions.
