Meaning

1 senses

  1. To pinch pennies; to be stingy or miserly.

Origin

From cheese + pare.

From cheese + pare.

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Forms

cheesepares, cheeseparing, cheesepared, cheesepared
Base formcheesepare · to cheesepare
3rd person singularcheesepares
Present participlecheeseparing
Past simplecheesepared
Past participlecheesepared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheesepare
he, she, itcheesepares

Past simpleLesson

all personscheesepared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cheesepared
he, she, ithas cheesepared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cheesepare

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcheeseparing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cheeseA1cheeseburgercheesecakecheesycheetahchefA2
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