CUT (OR PARE) SOMETHING TO THE BONE

Meaning of CUT (OR PARE) SOMETHING TO THE BONE in English

cut ( or pare) something to the bone

reduce something to the bare minimum.

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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PARE — (peel) decorticar; (trim) tonder, oiser
English interlingue dictionary
BONE — I Rigid connective tissue of Bones serve as the body's supporting framework, provide muscle-attachment points for movement, protect the internal …
Английский словарь Британика
PARE — I. ˈpa(a)](ə)r, ˈpe], ]ə\ transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English paren, from Middle French parer to prepare, trim, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English boon, bon, from Old English bān; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BÔNE — adjective or bone Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Bône or Bone (now Annaba ), Algeria : of or from the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARE — (v. t.) To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
PARE — (v. t.) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to …
Английский словарь Webster
PARE — ( v. t. ) To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARE — ( v. t. ) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARE — — pareable , adj. /pair/ , v.t., pared, paring . 1. to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BONE — /bohn/ , n. , v. , boned, boning , adv. n. 1. Anat. , Zool. a. one of the structures …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUT — I. ˈkət verb ( cut ; cut·ting ) Etymology: Middle English cutten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bon, from Old English bān; akin to Old High German & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PARE — transitive verb ( pared ; par·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parer to make, prepare, pare, from Latin parare …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PARE — vt fig.: to diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. 2. pare ·vt to cut off, or shave off, …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
BONE — vt to fertilize with bone. 2. bone ·noun dice. 3. bone ·noun fig.: the framework of anything. 4. bone ·vt …
Webster English vocab
PARE — [pare] vt pared ; par.ing [ME, fr. MF parer to prepare, trim, fr. L parare to prepare, acquire; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — [bone] n, often attrib [ME bon, fr. OE ban; akin to OHG & ON bein bone, and perh. to OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — rigid body tissue consisting of cells embedded in an abundant, hard intercellular material. The two principal components of this material, …
Britannica English vocabulary
PARE — pare BrE AmE peə AmE pe ə r pæ ə r (= pair) ▷ pared peəd AmE pe ə rd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BONE — bone, Bone BrE AmE bəʊn AmE boʊn ▷ boned bəʊnd AmE boʊnd ▷ boning ˈbəʊn ɪŋ AmE ˈboʊn ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARE — / peə(r); NAmE per/ verb [ vn ] 1. pare sth (off / away) to remove the thin outer layer …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUT — / kʌt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cut·ting , cut , cut ) WOUND / HOLE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — / bəʊn; NAmE boʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] any of the hard parts that form …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PARE — pare /peə $ per/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: parer 'to prepare, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BONE — I. bone 1 S2 W2 /bəʊn $ boʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ban ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUT — v. & n. --v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUT — v. & n. v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BONE — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
CUT — v. & n. --v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1. tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Oxford English vocab
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Oxford English vocab
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARE — ( pares, paring, pared) 1. When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away , you cut …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — ( bones, boning, boned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your bones …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARE — (~s, paring, ~d) 1. When you ~ something, or ~ part of it off or away, you cut off its …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PARE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB away ▪ After removing the tape, pare away any surplus adhesive with a razor …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bone china bone dry ▪ There had been no rain for months and the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
PARE — [verb] [T] - to cut away (the outer layer) from (something, esp. a fruit or a vegetable), or (figurative) to …
Cambridge English vocab
BONE — n. Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates , consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body's …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BONE — Synonyms and related words : adamant, aitchbone, anklebone, anvil, backbone, bill, biscuit, bony, breastbone, brick, buck, calcaneus, cannon bone, carpal, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARE — verb Pare is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ inventory
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CUT — INDEX: 1. with scissors, a knife, or a sharp object 2. to cut food 3. to cut part of your …
Longman Activator English vocab
PARE — v. 25B6; verb pare the peel from the lemon : CUT (OFF), trim (off), peel (off), strip (off), skin; technical …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUT — n. 25B6; verb the knife slipped and cut his finger : GASH, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BONE — n. 25B6; noun . See lists here and at fracture . osseous, osteo-. Human Bones See also vertebra . occipital …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARE — v. 1 trim, peel, skin, shave (off), shuck; decorticate, excoriate Pare the apples and then grate them coarsely 2 Often, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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