The company says it must pare its workforce to the “absolute minimum needed to maintain operations.”
Source: tatoeba (8647331)
Pare
//pɛə//
Synonyms for "pare" (136 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- беля verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- изрязвам verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- подрязвам verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 削皮 verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- 去皮 verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
Czech
4 entries- okrájet verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- okrájet verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- ořezat verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- oříznout verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
Dutch
4 entries- (af)knippen verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- beknibbelen verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- besnoeien verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- pellen verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
Finnish
3 entries- kuoria verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- leikata verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- supistaa verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
French
3 entries- peler verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- rogner verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- éplucher verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
German
4 entries- abhobeln verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- abschneiden verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- abschälen verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- beschneiden verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
Ido
2 entries- rekortar verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- rekortar verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
Russian
2 entries- очищать verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- уре́зать verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
Slovene
3 entries- lupiti verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- obrezati verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- olupiti verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
Spanish
2 entries- mondar verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- pelar verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
Swedish
4 entries- göra avkall verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- minska verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
- skala verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- skala ned verb (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off)
Yiddish
4 entries- אַרומשנײַדן verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- אָפּשיילן verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- שאָבן verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
- שנײַדן verb (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Pare, core and slice two quarts of apples.
Source: tatoeba (10372329)
Choose large apples of uniform size; pare, core and cook until tender in syrup.
Source: tatoeba (10372341)
Pare, core and quarter tart apples, stew until soft and beat smooth.
Source: tatoeba (10372348)
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