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Pare
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Pare has 4 senses
- pare(v = verb.change) pare down - decrease gradually or bit by bit; Array is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
- pare(v = verb.contact) whittle - cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" is one way to cut
- pare(v = verb.contact) peel, skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples" is one way to strip
- pare(v = verb.contact) trim - remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" is one way to cut
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun paring1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun parer2, noun paring2
Sample sentence:
The chefs Pare the vegetables
Derived form noun parer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pare, v. t. [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.].
- To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof. [1913 Webster]
- To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by
off oraway ; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundancies. [1913 Webster] - Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. [1913 Webster]"The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pare, v.tr.
1 a trim or shave (esp. fruit and vegetables) by cutting away the surface or edge. b (often foll. by off, away) cut off (the surface or edge).
2 (often foll. by away, down) diminish little by little.
1 a trim or shave (esp. fruit and vegetables) by cutting away the surface or edge. b (often foll. by off, away) cut off (the surface or edge).
2 (often foll. by away, down) diminish little by little.
Derivative
parer n.
Etymology
ME f. OF parer adorn, peel (fruit), f. L parare prepare
THESAURUS
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 outROGET THESAURUS
Pare
Subtraction
VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.Contraction
VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.Layer
VB slice, shave, pare, peel, delaminate, plate, coat, veneer, cover.Divestment
VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.
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