pareverb [ T often + adv/prep ]
uk/peər/us/per/to cut away the outer layer from something, especially a fruit or a vegetable:
He was busy paring apples in the kitchen.
Pare off any bits of the carrots that don't look very nice.
to reduce something, especially by a large amount:
The three-hour play has been pared (down/back) to two hours.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables
- core
- hull
- peel
- pit
- pitted
- seed
- seeded
- shell
- shuck
- skinless
- stone
- stoned
- top
- top and tail idiom
- winnow
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Becoming and making smaller or less
Idiom(s)
pare sth (down) to the bone