Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pare
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Pare
pare
~ v 1 to cut off the thin outer part of something using a sharp knife (Pare the onions then cut them.) 2 to cut your nails so that they look neat pare sth down phr v to gradually reduce an amount or number (The workforce has been pared down from 1400 to 700. | pare sth down to the bone (=reduce an amount or number as much as possible)) - pared-down adj
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(pares, paring, pared) 1. When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife... He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily. ...thinly pared lemon rind. VERB: V n from n, V n with adv, V-ed see also paring 2. If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it. The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third... The luxury tax won’t really do much to pare down the budget deficit... Local authorities must pare their budgets. VERB: be V-ed adv, V n with adv, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (~d; paring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r to make, pre~, ~, from Latin parare to pre~, acquire; akin to Latin ~re to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit p??ati he gives Date: 14th century 1. to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of ~ apples paring his nails 2. to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring ~ expenses the novel was ~d down to 200 pages • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a trim or shave (esp. fruit and vegetables) by cutting away the surface or edge. b (often foll. by off, away) cut off (the surface or edge). 2 (often foll. by away, down) diminish little by little. Derivatives parer n. Etymology: ME f. OF parer adorn, peel (fruit), f. L parare prepare ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. подрезать; стричь to pare nails —- стричь ногти 2. обстругивать (также pare down) to pare a stick —- обстругивать палочку he pared his chop right down to the bone —- он обглодал все до последней косточки 3. срезать корку, кожуру, счищать кожицу; чистить, обчищать to pare (off) apples —- чистить яблоки to pare cheese —- срезать корку с сыра 4. урезывать, сокращать (также pare down, pare away, pare off) to pare down wages —- сокращать зарплату to pare and prune expenses —- сокращать расходы to pare down the personnel —- сокращать штаты 5. срезать дерн to pare and burn —- срезать и сжигать дерн (для удобрения) 6. чистить копыта (лошади) 7. кож. дело шлихтовать, мягчить Id: to pare to the quick —- задеть за живое Id: to pare smb. claws —- обломать кому-либо когти ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) подрезать (ногти) 2) срезать корку, кожуру; чистить; обчищать; Pare the brown skin from the meat. 3) урезывать, сокращать; The US can pare back its military presence in Asia as well. Local authorities must pare their budgets. - pare away - pare down - pareoff PARE away а) срезать, обчищать; б) урезывать, сокращать PARE down а) обстругивать; This door has swollen in the wet weather and will have to be pared down with a sharp knife. б) сокращать, урезывать; The universities and colleges have been asked to pare down their spending to the least possible. The number of Ministers has been pared down by a third. ...Англо-русский словарь
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funny abbr. Preparation Action Reflection And Evaluation account. abbr. Prep Awareness And Resistance Education ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 13c., from O.Fr. parer "arrange, prepare, trim," from L. parare "make ready," related to parere "produce, bring forth, give birth to." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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