paring in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for paring in the English»French Dictionary

I.paring [Brit ˈpɛːrɪŋ] N (process)

paring (of fruit)

épluchage m

paring (of budget, economy)

dégraissage m

II.parings N npl

1. parings (of fruit):

parings

épluchures fpl

2. parings (of nails):

parings

rognures fpl

cheese-paring N

cheese-paring

économies fpl de bouts de chandelle

paring knife N

paring knife

couteau m à éplucher

pare [Brit pɛː, Am pɛr] VB trans

1. pare (peel):

pare apple

peler

2. pare (trim):

pare nails

rogner

3. pare (reduce) → pare down

to pare sth to the bone

réduire qc au minimum vital

See also pare down

I.pare down VB [Brit pɛː -, Am pɛr -] (pare [sth] down, pare down [sth])

pare down

réduire (to à)

I.pare down VB [Brit pɛː -, Am pɛr -] (pare [sth] down, pare down [sth])

pare down

réduire (to à)

I.pare off VB [Brit pɛː -, Am pɛr -] (pare [sth] off, pare off [sth])

1. pare off rind, peel:

pare off

peler

2. pare off amount, percentage:

pare off

réduire

paring in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for paring in the English»French Dictionary

paring [ˈpeərɪŋ, Am ˈperɪŋ] N pl

1. paring (narrow, peeled off strip):

paring

épluchures fpl

2. paring (cut off pieces of finger nails):

nail parings

rognures fpl

I.cheese-paring ADJ

cheese-paring

pingre

II.cheese-paring N no pl pej

cheese-paring

économies fpl de bouts de chandelles

pare [peəʳ, Am per] VB trans

1. pare (peel outer layer of a fruit):

pare

éplucher

2. pare (cut):

to pare one's nails

rogner les ongles

3. pare (cut back):

pare

réduire

to pare (down [or back]) spending

rogner sur les dépenses

Translations for paring in the French»English Dictionary

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élaguer un article

to pare down an article

paring Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pare one's nails

rogner les ongles

to pare (down [or back]) spending

rogner sur les dépenses

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Limit the clutter in your system tray by paring down the list of icons that occupy it.

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He wrote perhaps as many as 80 verses before paring the song down.

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But for all the bludger-busting rhetoric, few western democratic governments are successful at paring back their long-term welfare dependency rates, or rate of spending.

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Conciseness was a paring down to essentials what the character stood for.

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Much of the move however, is due to the paring of long JPY positions.

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This has resulted in a remorseless paring-down of what she can and will wear.

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Nonetheless, paring down the choices can be daunting, especially when each named variety, or cultivar, looks drop-dead gorgeous.

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The company was paring itself down to four core business areas of office products, document finishing, films, and emerging markets.

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Many practical skills were tested, including shearing, condition scoring, mouthing, foot paring and operation of a quad bike.

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The coaching staff came to consider this paring to be the best and most trusted.

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