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   pare

   /pɛː/

   verb

   • 1. trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges: "Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife" Similar cut (off)trim (off)peel (off)shave (off)strip (off)clip (off)skintechnical:decorticateexcoriate
   • ▪ cut off (the outer skin) of something: "pare off the rind using a peeler"
   • ▪ reduce (something) in size, extent, or quantity in a number of small successive stages: "union leaders publicly pared down their demands" Similar reducediminishdecreasecutcut back/downmake cutbacks inwhittle away/downsalami-slicetrimslim downprunelowerlessenretrenchcurtail

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French parer ‘adorn, prepare’, also ‘peel, trim’, from Latin parare ‘prepare’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. parer noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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