- pare skin
- peel skin, remove skin in strips
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
pare skin
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skin — n Skin, hide, pelt, rind, bark, peel can all denote an outer removable coat which adheres to and protects the inner tissues of a body or organism. Skin, the most general term, applies especially to the outer covering of animals, whether it is as… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pare — Pare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse s hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. {Empire}, {Parade}, {Pardon},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — [per] vt. pared, paring [ME paren < MFr parer, to prepare, trim, pare < L parare, to PREPARE] 1. to cut or trim away (the rind, skin, covering, rough surface, etc.) of (anything); peel 2. to reduce or diminish (costs, etc.) gradually: often … English World dictionary
skin — [n] outer covering, especially of animate being bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath,… … New thesaurus
pare — peel, *skin, decorticate, flay … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pare — [v] peel, trim carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover; concepts 176,202,236,247 Ant.… … New thesaurus
skin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. flay, peel, decorticate; Slang, fleece, cheat. See divestment, stealing. n. integument, cuticle, dermis, epidermis; pelt, hide; rind; veneer, plating, lamina; parchment. See covering. II (Roget s… … English dictionary for students
pare — [[t]pe͟ə(r)[/t]] pares, paring, pared 1) VERB When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. → See also paring [V n from n] Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife … English dictionary
Skin-head — Skinhead Pour l’article homonyme, voir Skinhead (comics). Skinhead (des mots anglais skin (peau) et head (tête) : cuir chevelu (à nu)) désigne à l origine un jeune prolétaire britannique aux cheveux tondus. Etymologiquement cela… … Wikipédia en Français
