pare

to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of: pare an apple
Not to be confused with:pair – two things that are matched for use together: a pair of socks; a married, engaged, or dating couple; two mated animals; a pair of horsespear – an edible fruit; the tree itself: partridge in a pear tree

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P0016500 (pâr)tr.v. pared, par·ing, pares 1. To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument: pare apples.2. To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving: pared off the excess dough; pared fat from the budget.3. To reduce, as in quantity or size; trim: pare expenses.

[Middle English paren, from Old French parer, to prepare, trim, from Latin parāre, to prepare; see perə- in Indo-European roots.]

par′er n.

pare

(pɛə) vb (tr) 1. to peel or cut (the outer layer) from (something)2. to cut the edges from (the nails); trim3. to decrease bit by bit[C13: from Old French parer to adorn, from Latin parāre to make ready] ˈparer n

Paré

(French pare) n (Biography) Ambroise (ɑ̃brwaz). 1510–90, French surgeon. He reintroduced ligature of arteries following amputation instead of cauterization

pare

(pɛər)

v.t. 1. to cut off or trim the outer coating, layer, edge, or part of: to pare an apple; to pare one's nails. 2. to reduce or remove by or as if by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often fol. by down): to pare down expenses. [1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French parer to make ready, trim < Latin parāre to prepare]

Pare

parings collectively; the amount pared or cut off, 1430.Example: pare of men.

pare

Past participle: pared
Gerund: paring

Imperative
pare
pare

Present
I pare
you pare
he/she/it pares
we pare
you pare
they pare

Preterite
I pared
you pared
he/she/it pared
we pared
you pared
they pared

Present Continuous
I am paring
you are paring
he/she/it is paring
we are paring
you are paring
they are paring

Present Perfect
I have pared
you have pared
he/she/it has pared
we have pared
you have pared
they have pared

Past Continuous
I was paring
you were paring
he/she/it was paring
we were paring
you were paring
they were paring

Past Perfect
I had pared
you had pared
he/she/it had pared
we had pared
you had pared
they had pared

Future
I will pare
you will pare
he/she/it will pare
we will pare
you will pare
they will pare

Future Perfect
I will have pared
you will have pared
he/she/it will have pared
we will have pared
you will have pared
they will have pared

Future Continuous
I will be paring
you will be paring
he/she/it will be paring
we will be paring
you will be paring
they will be paring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been paring
you have been paring
he/she/it has been paring
we have been paring
you have been paring
they have been paring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been paring
you will have been paring
he/she/it will have been paring
we will have been paring
you will have been paring
they will have been paring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been paring
you had been paring
he/she/it had been paring
we had been paring
you had been paring
they had been paring

Conditional
I would pare
you would pare
he/she/it would pare
we would pare
you would pare
they would pare

Past Conditional
I would have pared
you would have pared
he/she/it would have pared
we would have pared
you would have pared
they would have pared

pare

To peel the skin from a food.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pare - decrease gradually or bit by bitpare downminify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
	2.	pare - cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"whittlecut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	3.	pare - strip the skin off; "pare apples"peel, skinpeel off - peel off the outer layer of somethingstrip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"flay - strip the skin off
	4.	pare - remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"trimdress - cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and widthcut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

pare

verb1. peel, cut, skin, trim, clip, shave Pare the rind thinly from the lemon.2. cut back, cut, reduce, crop, decrease, dock, prune, shear, lop, retrench Local authorities must pare down their budgets.

pare

verb1. To remove the skin of:decorticate, peel, scale, skin, strip.2. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.

Translations

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pare

pare (something) to the bone

To reduce or decrease something significantly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "pare" and "to." The arts program at my alma mater has been pared to the bone. Our department needs to pare our spending to the bone this quarter.See also: bone, pare

pare (something) down

1. Literally, to shave off small pieces of something to make it smaller. You need to pare down your nails—they're like little daggers! If you pair the boards down on either side, they should fit into the space.2. To reduce or decrease something in small increments. We've had to continually pare down out expenses ever since one of our investors pulled out. See if you can pare your report down a bit—15 pages is far too long.See also: down, pare

pare off

1. To remove something (from a larger portion or something else) by snipping, trimming, or shaving. A noun or pronoun can be used between "pare" and "off." He sat on the porch quietly paring off the skin from the apple. We need to pare a bit of wood off to make these table legs even.2. To snip, trim, or shave something off something. A noun or pronoun is used between "pare" and "off." I just want to pare these overgrown leaves off the shrub. The statue looks a little uneven—could you pare a bit off the left side?See also: off, pare

pare something down (to something)

to cut someone down to something or a smaller size. I will have to pare the budget down to the minimum. I hope we can pare down the budget. After much arguing, we pared it down.See also: down, pare

pare something off (of) something

and pare something offto cut something off something.(Of is usually retained before pronouns.) See if you can pare a bit of this extra wood off the edge of the base of this pillar. Pare off some of the wood.See also: off, pare

cut, pare, etc. something to the ˈbone

reduce something to the point where no further reduction is possible: We have cut the costs of the business to the bone, but they are still too high for us to make any profit.See also: bone, something

pare down

v.1. To reduce the size of something by cutting or shaving off its outer layers; trim something: I pared down the tiles so that they would fit snugly together. The pegs were too big for the hole, so I pared them down with a pocketknife.2. To reduce the size or amount of something by gradually taking away parts of it: We should pare down the supplies we keep in our storage room until we have only what we absolutely need. The article was too long, and it took me a long time to pare it down.See also: down, pare

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verb peel

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verb cut back

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verb to remove the skin of

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verb to decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising

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verb decrease gradually or bit by bit

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verb cut small bits or pare shavings from

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verb strip the skin off

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verb remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

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