เลาะ

Explanation

The core image of เลาะ is staying close to a line, edge, or contour and following it. For movement, it is used when someone proceeds along a canal bank, beach, fence, or another boundary. It often follows a movement verb, as in เดินเลาะ “walk along,” but it can stand alone when the type of movement is clear from context. For manual work, it describes following a seam or shape to remove something—for example, unpicking stitches or cutting meat away from a bone. It suggests controlled separation along an existing line rather than simply pulling or cutting something off.

Usage

It is commonly used when describing a route along a canal bank, shoreline, fence, or the edge of a wooded area. It also appears in sewing when stitches are removed and in food preparation when meat is separated from a bone.

Caution

For movement, เลาะ requires the idea of following an edge or boundary; it does not merely mean “pass through.” For removal, use it when the action follows a seam or contour, not as a general-purpose verb meaning “take off” or “remove.”

1 move along the edge of synonyms

• เลียบ

  lîap follow the edge of

  เลียบ also means to travel alongside something and is widely used with roads, rivers, and similar features. เลาะ more strongly suggests closely tracing an edge or boundary.

2 remove (stitches) synonyms

• เอาออก

  เอาออก is the general expression for removing something, without specifying how. เลาะ indicates removal by following a seam, joint, or contour.

• แกะ

  kɛ̀ peel

  แกะ is a broader verb for opening, picking apart, or removing something attached. เลาะ specifically involves working carefully along a seam or outline to separate it.