--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 70 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 70 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A provider is a person or company that supplies something people need, such as electricity, internet or health care.[↗](../../provider/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A provider is a person who earns money to support a family.[↗](../../provider/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A provider can be any person or group that gives a service, like a childcare provider.[↗](../../provider/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our internet provider is changing the router.[↗](../../provider/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is the main provider in our family since Mum is studying.[↗](../../provider/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The health care provider sent a letter about my check-up.[↗](../../provider/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The energy provider raised its prices.[↗](../../provider/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nursery is a good childcare provider.[↗](../../provider/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians thank God as the provider of their daily bread.[↗](../../provider/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **province** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large part of a country with its own local government, like Ontario in Canada.[↗](../../province/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* the provinces (UK, plural) All of a country outside the capital city.[↗](../../province/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An area of knowledge or responsibility: «Cooking is Dad's province.».[↗](../../province/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (church) A group of dioceses under an archbishop.[↗](../../province/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Canada is made up of provinces and territories.[↗](../../province/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ontario is the most populous province of Canada.[↗](../../province/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ireland has four provinces, including Munster.[↗](../../province/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousins live out in the provinces, far from London.[↗](../../province/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gardening is Granny's province.[↗](../../province/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That question is outside my province, ask the science teacher.[↗](../../province/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The archbishop leads the church province.[↗](../../province/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan.[↗](../../province/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He made these, as it were provinces, and arranged them as in order of battle for warfare.[↗](../../province/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../province/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.[↗](../../province/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../province/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary\![↗](../../province/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../province/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.[↗](../../province/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../province/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **provincial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Provincial means belonging to a province or a region outside the capital city.[↗](../../provincial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Provincial can also mean old-fashioned or narrow-minded, as if from the countryside.[↗](../../provincial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The word is provincial and nobody in the city uses it.[↗](../../provincial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old schoolmaster called the lad a provincial.[↗](../../provincial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our provincial town has one shop and one bus.[↗](../../provincial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **provision** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Giving or supplying something people need: the provision of food or school places.[↗](../../provision/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Provisions (plural): supplies of food and drink for a journey.[↗](../../provision/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A plan made for something that may happen: make provision for bad weather.[↗](../../provision/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) A condition or rule in a law or agreement.[↗](../../provision/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The explorers carried provisions for three weeks.[↗](../../provision/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors ran low on provisions.[↗](../../provision/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school makes provision for pupils with allergies.[↗](../../provision/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The provision of clean water saves lives.[↗](../../provision/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made provision for rain by packing umbrellas.[↗](../../provision/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The law has a provision about safety at work.[↗](../../provision/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was placed in the provision basket with ham and cheese and sausages.[↗](../../provision/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.[↗](../../provision/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provision/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus was it done unto them.[↗](../../provision/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provision/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.[↗](../../provision/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.132.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provision/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.[↗](../../provision/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.9.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provision/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal; (Prophets 1KI.5.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provision/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **provisional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Provisional means for now, not final, and likely to change later.[↗](../../provisional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A provisional driving licence is the first licence a learner driver gets.[↗](../../provisional/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The trip is on a provisional date of 5 May.[↗](../../provisional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · These results are provisional and may change.[↗](../../provisional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister got her provisional licence.[↗](../../provisional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team list is provisional until Friday.[↗](../../provisional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The provisional government ran the country after the revolution.[↗](../../provisional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a provisional plan, so check again later.[↗](../../provisional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **provisions** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Provisions are supplies of food and drink, especially taken on a journey.[↗](../../provisions/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Provision is the act of providing something people need: provision of clean water.[↗](../../provisions/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A provision is a part of a law or agreement that says what must happen.[↗](../../provisions/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailors loaded provisions for a long voyage.[↗](../../provisions/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We packed provisions for the hike: sandwiches, fruit and water.[↗](../../provisions/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle had enough provisions for a long siege.[↗](../../provisions/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The town needs better provision of buses.[↗](../../provisions/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A provision in the rules says pets are not allowed.[↗](../../provisions/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our provisions ran out on the third day.[↗](../../provisions/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With that the lady pulled out her provisions, and bade him eat and welcome.[↗](../../provisions/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.[↗](../../provisions/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provisions/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **provocation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Provocation is something done or said on purpose to make someone angry or to make them react.[↗](../../provocation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A provocation is one such action.[↗](../../provocation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Without provocation» means without any reason.[↗](../../provocation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He hit the boy without any provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't react to provocation — walk away.[↗](../../provocation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gets angry at the slightest provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The insults were a deliberate provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog bit the man without provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Under provocation, he stayed calm.[↗](../../provocation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Name-calling is provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The army saw the move as a provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Eagle gave the first provocation in seizing upon and in eating the young ones of the Beetle.[↗](../../provocation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.'[↗](../../provocation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provocation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.[↗](../../provocation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provocation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said: 'This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; (Writings NEH.9.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provocation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel.[↗](../../provocation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.15.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provocation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **provoke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To provoke someone is to annoy them on purpose to make them angry or react.[↗](../../provoke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To provoke a reaction or feeling is to cause it: «The film provoked laughter».[↗](../../provoke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To provoke an animal is to tease or bother it so it may attack.[↗](../../provoke/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't provoke the dog — it might bite.[↗](../../provoke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to provoke me by calling me names.[↗](../../provoke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The joke provoked a lot of laughter.[↗](../../provoke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new rule provoked complaints.[↗](../../provoke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never provoke a snake.[↗](../../provoke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her question provoked a long discussion.[↗](../../provoke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister loves to provoke me.[↗](../../provoke/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech provoked anger in the crowd.[↗](../../provoke/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is wiser to bear a single injury in silence than to provoke a thousand by flying into a rage.[↗](../../provoke/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.[↗](../../provoke/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoke/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters.[↗](../../provoke/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoke/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.[↗](../../provoke/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoke/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks; (Prophets ISA.65.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoke/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.[↗](../../provoke/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoke/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?[↗](../../provoke/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.7.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoke/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **provoked** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Provoked is the past form of provoke: made someone angry on purpose, or caused a reaction.[↗](../../provoked/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, a provoked attack is one caused by someone's action, not happening by itself.[↗](../../provoked/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bee stung him because he provoked it.[↗](../../provoked/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The news provoked strong feelings.[↗](../../provoked/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was provoked into a fight.[↗](../../provoked/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake attack was provoked.[↗](../../provoked/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her comment provoked giggles in class.[↗](../../provoked/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The provoked bull charged.[↗](../../provoked/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The attack was unprovoked, which made it worse.[↗](../../provoked/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy said he was provoked, but hitting was still wrong.[↗](../../provoked/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘All right, then,’ said her husband, somewhat provoked, ‘you can sing a song to the fairies.’[↗](../../provoked/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.[↗](../../provoked/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoked/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies; (Writings PSA.78.56, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoked/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.[↗](../../provoked/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoked/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.[↗](../../provoked/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.58, JPS 1917)[↗](../../provoked/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **prow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The prow is the front end of a boat or ship, the part that points forward through the water.[↗](../../prow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He tied the rope to the prow of the boat.[↗](../../prow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailor stood at the prow and looked for land.[↗](../../prow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship's prow cut through the waves.[↗](../../prow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **prowess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Prowess is great skill or bravery, especially in fighting or in sport.[↗](../../prowess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight won fame by his prowess in battle.[↗](../../prowess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They boasted of their prowess at wrestling.[↗](../../prowess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His prowess in war was marvellous.[↗](../../prowess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **prowl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To prowl is to move about quietly and secretly, often looking for food or for something to attack.[↗](../../prowl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hungry wolf prowled around the farm.[↗](../../prowl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cat prowled along the wall.[↗](../../prowl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is prowling about in the dark garden?[↗](../../prowl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **proximity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Being near in space; closeness.[↗](../../proximity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The house is in close proximity to the school.[↗](../../proximity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being near in time or in relationship.[↗](../../proximity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school is in close proximity to the park.[↗](../../proximity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not play in the proximity of the railway.[↗](../../proximity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The proximity of the sea made the air salty.[↗](../../proximity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A proximity sensor stops the door closing on you.[↗](../../proximity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees growing in close proximity share water.[↗](../../proximity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town's proximity to the airport makes it noisy.[↗](../../proximity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She used to value a lodging entirely according to its proximity to the theatre.[↗](../../proximity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **prudence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Prudence is being careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid risks and mistakes.[↗](../../prudence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money) Prudence is being careful with money, not wasting it and saving for the future.[↗](../../prudence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church, ethics) In Christian teaching, prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues: wisely choosing what is right.[↗](../../prudence/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Prudence is also a girl's name.[↗](../../prudence/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Prudence told her to wait until the ice was thick enough.[↗](../../prudence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ant showed prudence by storing food for winter.[↗](../../prudence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With prudence, Grandma saved enough for a holiday.[↗](../../prudence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues.[↗](../../prudence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It would be prudence, not cowardice, to turn back in the storm.[↗](../../prudence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The family used their money with prudence.[↗](../../prudence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At this splendid offer Peder's prudence gave way; it was a shame to let so much money go.[↗](../../prudence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.[↗](../../prudence/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prudence/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion; (Writings PRO.1.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prudence/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.[↗](../../prudence/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prudence/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **prudent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Prudent means careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid danger or waste.[↗](../../prudent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Prudent with money means saving and not spending carelessly.[↗](../../prudent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is prudent to check the weather before a hike.[↗](../../prudent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A prudent squirrel stores nuts for winter.[↗](../../prudent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Saving some pocket money is prudent.[↗](../../prudent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) It would be prudent to arrive early.[↗](../../prudent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a prudent decision not to swim in the rough sea.[↗](../../prudent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Prudent drivers slow down in the rain.[↗](../../prudent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's prudent to back up your work.[↗](../../prudent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The prudent ant worked all summer.[↗](../../prudent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Be prudent and patient and all will go well.'[↗](../../prudent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Is counsel perished from the prudent?[↗](../../prudent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.49.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prudent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly.[↗](../../prudent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prudent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.[↗](../../prudent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prudent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **prudently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a careful, sensible way that avoids risk.[↗](../../prudently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money) Carefully with money, saving instead of wasting.[↗](../../prudently/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She prudently saved half of her birthday money.[↗](../../prudently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors prudently returned to harbour before the storm.[↗](../../prudently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He prudently checked the ice before stepping on it.[↗](../../prudently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Spend prudently, and you'll have money for the trip.[↗](../../prudently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain prudently ordered everyone to wear life jackets.[↗](../../prudently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We prudently packed raincoats.[↗](../../prudently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bean, who had prudently stayed behind on the shore, could not but laugh at the event, was unable to stop, and laughed so heartily that she burst.[↗](../../prudently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **prune** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A prune is a dried plum, dark and wrinkly, eaten as a snack or cooked.[↗](../../prune/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To prune a tree or bush is to cut off some branches so it grows better.[↗](../../prune/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To prune something is to cut out parts you do not need, such as words in a story.[↗](../../prune/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa likes prunes with his breakfast.[↗](../../prune/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We pruned the apple tree in winter.[↗](../../prune/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Prunes are dried plums.[↗](../../prune/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the bath my fingers looked like prunes.[↗](../../prune/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prune your story so it is not too long.[↗](../../prune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad pruned the hedge with shears.[↗](../../prune/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.[↗](../../prune/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prune/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.[↗](../../prune/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prune/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'[↗](../../prune/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prune/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.[↗](../../prune/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.5.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prune/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.[↗](../../prune/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prune/#x11 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