Pare - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|per|
Brit.
|peə|
verb
- decrease gradually or bit by bit
- cut small bits or pare shavings from (syn: whittle)
- strip the skin off (syn: peel, skin)
- cut small bits or pare shavings from (syn: whittle)
- strip the skin off (syn: peel, skin)
pare apples
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size (syn: trim)pare one's fingernails
Extra examples
The company has to find a way to pare expenses.
...pared the stray branches on the tree...
This door has swollen in the wet weather and will have to be pared down.
Pare off the skin of this fruit very gently, as the flesh is delicate.
Pare the rind from the fruit.
The firm has not been able to pare costs fast enough to match competitors.
The country's defences have been pared to the bone (=reduced as far as possible).
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: pare
he/she/it: pares
present participle: paring
past tense: pared
past participle: pared
I/you/we/they: pare
he/she/it: pares
present participle: paring
past tense: pared
past participle: pared
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