แคะ(káe)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] pick; scrape out

to remove or dislodge something by picking or scraping with a finger or tool (e.g., pick the nose, scrape out dirt or residue).

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offแคะkáeแคะkáe1[to] pick; scrape out2[to] pick at; peck at (food)3[to] pry open; prise openจมูกjà-mòokจมูกjà-mòok1nose2nose (of an object)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ที่สาธารณะtêe săa-taa-rá-náที่สาธารณะtêe săa-taa-rá-nápublic place; public area; public space
Don't pick your nose in public.
2VerbB1

[to] pick at; peck at (food)

to eat only a little or poke at food without appetite; to peck at food rather than eat a full portion.

Examples

ลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)ไม่สบายmâi sà-baaiไม่สบายmâi sà-baai1unwell; ill; sick2[to] be unwell; feel illวันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เอาแต่ao dtàeเอาแต่ao dtàe1only; nothing but2self-willed; selfish (in compounds)แคะkáeแคะkáe1[to] pick; scrape out2[to] pick at; peck at (food)3[to] pry open; prise openข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
My child is sick, so today he just picked at his rice and didn't want to eat anything.
3VerbB2

[to] pry open; prise open

to open or loosen [sth] by levering or picking at an edge with a tool or fingers.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]ไขควงkăi kuuangไขควงkăi kuuang1screwdriver2classifier: ด้าม (handle)แคะkáeแคะkáe1[to] pick; scrape out2[to] pick at; peck at (food)3[to] pry open; prise openฝากระป๋องfăa grà-bpŏngฝากระป๋องfăa grà-bpŏngcan lid; can topสีsĕeสีsĕe1hue; shade; tone2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polish4colorให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitเปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onออกòkออกòk1[to] go out; exit; leave2[to] come out; appear; be issued3[to] produce; emit; put out4[to] pay; spend; disburse5[to] issue; publish6out; outward7resulting; turn out8[to] quit; resign9[in sports] out of bounds
He used a screwdriver to pry open the lid of the paint can.

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