to prune the bush
- phrasal verb
:
podar el arbusto
- Every year, she takes the time to prune the bush in her garden to keep it healthy.
He said to me, the harder you prune the Bush, the better the flowers the next season, a rose Bush.
- He said to me, the harder you prune the Bush, the better the flowers the next season, a rose Bush.
Examples
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If you prune the bush regularly, it will produce more flowers in the summer.
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To encourage growth, it is important to prune the bush during the early spring.
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He said to me, the harder you prune the Bush, the better the flowers the next season, a rose Bush.
Synonyms
95
2.6
Cut something to make it smaller or neater
6
3.4
Cut branches and stems from a plant to help it grow and keep its shape
4
3.9
To trim stems or branches so a plant grows better
3
3.4
To make something smaller by cutting or removing parts
1
3.4
Make a thing smaller by cutting or removing parts
Antonyms
How Trimmed
8
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'prune' (to trim plant branches) combined with the noun 'bush' yields a directly compositional meaning: cutting back a bush's branches. The definite article 'the' is semantically neutral here and the event follows a common verb + object pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Prune the bush comes from simple gardening: to prune a bush means to cut away old or extra branches so light and air reach the inside and new shoots can grow. That's why it means 'to trim or cut back the branches of a bush to improve its shape and growth'.