About The Word Pare

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Pare

Pare Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pare?
[v] decrease gradually or bit by bit
[v] remove the edges from; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph" [v] strip the skin off ("pare apples") [v] cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pare: pare down | peel | skin | trim | whittle Related Terms | Find terms related to Pare: abridge | abscind | amputate | annihilate | ax | ban | bar | bark | beat down | bisect | bob | break | butcher | carve | cheapen | chop | cleave | clip | compress | crop | cull | curtail | cut | cut away | cut back | cut down | cut in two | cut off | cut out | cut prices | damp | dampen | decline | decorticate | decrease | deduct | deflate | depreciate | depress | devaluate | dichotomize | diminish | dissever | dive | dock | downgrade | eliminate | enucleate | eradicate | except | excise | exclude | excoriate | extinguish | extirpate | fall | fall in price | fissure | flay | gash | give way | hack | halve | hew | incise | isolate | jew down | jigsaw | knock off | lance | lessen | lop | lower | mark down | mutilate | nip | nose-dive | peel | pick out | plummet | plunge | prune | reduce | rend | retrench | rive | roll back | root out | rule out | sag | saw | scale down | scalp | scissor | set apart | set aside | sever | shave | shave off | shear | shorten | shuck | simplify | skin | slash | slice | slit | slump | snip | split | stamp out | step down | strike off | strip | strip off | sunder | take from | take off | take out | tear | trim | truncate | tune down | whittle | wipe out See Also | cut | decrease | flay | lessen | minify | peel off | strip Pare In Webster's Dictionary \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or
curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry,
ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. {Empire}, {Parade},
{Pardon}, {Parry}, {Prepare}.]
1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or
extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's
hoof.
2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,
ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off
or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away
redundancies.
3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
The king began to pare a little the privilege of
clergy. --Bacon.
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