Pare
verb — past tense: pared ; past participle: pared ; present participle: paring ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To trim by cutting away edge or surface of, to take off [another part] by cutting to reduce; cut down; to remove the outer skin to peeling, that which is pared off) បក, សក, បេះអ្វីដែលខូចចោល, បេះអាចម៍ដង្កូវចេញ pare apples ចិតសំបកចេញ pare the budget បន្ថយបន្ដិចម្ដងៗ
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បន្ថយបន្តិចម្តងៗ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: pared ; past participle: pared ; present participle: paring ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) (TRANSITIVE) To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.