Prune
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A plum. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. An old woman, especially a wrinkly one
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material); as, to prune a budget.
Example sentence: Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
Clip
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To grip tightly.To fasten with a clip.To hug, embrace.To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.To strike with the hand.An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.An embrace.Something which has been clipped; a small portion of a larger whole, especially an excerpt of a larger work.An act of clipping, such as a haircut.A speed or pace.The condition of something, its state.
Example sentence: Ever since about 1998, when humankind began fast-forwarding through the gradually-unfolding history of progress, like someone impatiently zipping through a YouTube clip in search of the best bits, we've grown accustomed to machines veering from essential to obsolete in the blink of a trimester.