Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pare
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Pare
pare
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
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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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3.
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
5.
(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
6.
~ 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 ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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funny abbr. Preparation Action Reflection And Evaluation account. abbr. Prep Awareness And Resistance Education ...English abbreviation dictionary
8.
- 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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