prune

Noun

• dried plum

Verb

• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
  • We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
    

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  • dress the plants in the garden
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cut , rationalize , rationalise , snip , clip , crop , trim , lop , dress , cut back