pare
verbEtymology
From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).
- inherited from paren
Definitions
To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a…
To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.
To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
- Also referring to the deeds of certain Border Ruffians, he said, rapidly paring away his speech, like an experienced soldier, keeping a reserve of force and meaning, “They had a perfect right to be hung.”
- From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.
To trim the hoof of a horse.
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To sharpen a pencil.
A Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.
The neighborhood
Derived
cheesepare, cheeseparing, pare away, pare down, pare off, parer, pare to the bone, paring, paring knife, unpared
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