1. Decrease gradually or bit by bit
   - pare down 
2. Cut small bits or pare shavings from
   - whittle 
3. Strip the skin off
   "pare apples"
   - skin, peel 
4. Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
   "pare one's fingernails"
   - trim

Sounds like: pair, pear

Derived forms: pares, paring

See also: parer, paring

Type of: cut, decrease, lessen, minify, strip

Encyclopedia: Pare Pare, Ambroise

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