เกลา(glao)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] smooth; pare; whittle [sth]

To shave, trim, or smooth a physical object to make it even, shapely, or neat, such as whittling wood or bamboo.

Examples

พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]มีดmêetมีดmêetknifeเกลาglaoเกลาglao1[to] smooth; pare; whittle [sth]2[to] refine; polish [sth] (language, style, manners)ดินสอdin sŏrดินสอdin sŏr1pencil2CL: pencilsให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)
Dad used a knife to sharpen the pencil for me.
2VerbB2

[to] refine; polish [sth] (language, style, manners)

To improve and make something abstract more elegant, proper, or well-formed, such as refining one's character (เกลานิสัย) or polishing one's writing (เกลาสำนวน).

Examples

บรรณาธิการban-naa-tí-gaanบรรณาธิการban-naa-tí-gaan1editor2editor-in-chiefช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]เกลาglaoเกลาglao1[to] smooth; pare; whittle [sth]2[to] refine; polish [sth] (language, style, manners)สำนวนsăm-nuuanสำนวนsăm-nuuan1wording; phrasing; turn of phrase2style; manner of expression3idiom; set expressionในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)บทความbòt kwaamบทความbòt kwaamarticle; essayของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitน่าอ่านnâa àanน่าอ่านnâa àanworth reading; enjoyable to read; recommendedมากขึ้นmâak kêunมากขึ้นmâak kêun1more; increasingly2greater; more (than before)
The editor helped polish the phrasing in my article to make it more pleasant to read.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เกgayเกgay1stylish; chic; cool (slang)2gay (slang/informal)Part 1
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ลาlaaลาlaa1donkey2[to] say goodbye; take one’s leave3leave (from work/school)4[to] request leavePart 2
เกลาglaoเกลาglao[to] smooth; pare; whittle [sth]