to pare nails

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• pare —   Koli, pehē.    ♦ To pare nails, koli miki ao …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• pare — [ per ] verb transitive 1. ) to reduce the total number or amount of something: pare something down/back: The list has been pared down from 9 states to 4. pare something to the bone (=reduce it by as much as you can): Government spending on… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pare — UK [peə(r)] / US [per] verb [transitive] Word forms pare : present tense I/you/we/they pare he/she/it pares present participle paring past tense pared past participle pared 1) to reduce the total number or amount of something pare something… …   English dictionary

• nails — 1) Women captives are to pare their fingernails (Deut. 21:12). 2) Iron nails used by builders are mentioned by Isaiah (41:7) and Jeremiah (10:4) in their sarcastic description of the construction of idols. Nails were sometimes used by the Romans… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• pare — transitive verb (pared; paring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French parer to make, prepare, pare, from Latin parare to prepare, acquire; akin to Latin parere to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit pṛṇāti he… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pare — verb (T) 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 phrasal verb (T) to gradually reduce an amount or number: The workforce has been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pare — [[t]pɛər[/t]] v. t. 1) to cut off or trim the outer coating, layer, edge, or part of: to pare an apple; to pare one s nails[/ex] 2) to reduce or remove by or as if by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often fol. by down): to pare down… …   From formal English to slang

• pare one's nails — cut one s nails, trim one s fingernails …   English contemporary dictionary

• обстригать — ОБСТРИГАТЬ, несов. (сов. обстричь), что. Отделяя (отделив) что л. от чего л. с конца, края, с краев с помощью ножниц, укорачивать (укоротить) что л. (волосы, шерсть, ногти, ткань, траву и т.п.); Син.: обрезать, состригать, срезать [impf. to clip …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

• ἀπονυχίσαι — ἀπονυχίζω pare the nails aor inf act ἀπονυχίσαῑ , ἀπονυχίζω pare the nails aor opt act 3rd sg ἀπονυχίζω pare the nails aor inf act ἀπονυχίσαῑ , ἀπονυχίζω pare the nails aor opt act 3rd sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• nail — I n. tapered piece of metal 1) to drive, hammer a nail (he drove a nail into the board) 2) to remove a nail 3) a loose nail horny substance growing at the ends of fingers and toes 4) to cut, pare, trim; do; file; manicure; polish one s nails 5)… …   Combinatory dictionary