Found 3 items, similar to Pare.
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Definition: pare
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pare
pare
v 1: decrease gradually or bit by bit [syn:
pare down]
2: cut small bits or pare shavings from;
“whittle a piece of
wood” [syn:
whittle]
3: strip the skin off;
“pare apples” [syn:
skin,
peel]
4: remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
“pare one's fingernails”;
“trim the photograph”;
“trim
lumber” [syn:
trim]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pare
Pare
\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.
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2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,
rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off
or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away
redundancies.
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3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
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The king began to pare a little the privilege of
clergy. --Bacon.
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