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Pare Definition And Meaning
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.

Pare Definition And Meaning

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"

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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