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pare |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr & vb n. {Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off fr L. parare to prepare. Cf {Empire}, {Parade}, {Pardon}, {Parry}, {Prepare}.] 1. To cut off or shave off the superficial substance or extremities of as to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof. 2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part from anything -- followed by off or away as to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies. 3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of to reduce; to lessen. The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pare v 1: decrease gradually or bit by bit [syn: {pare down}] 2: cut small bits or pare shavings from "whittle a piece of wood" [syn: {whittle}] 3: strip the skin off (fruit, for example) [syn: {skin}, {peel}] 4: remove the edges from: "trim the picture" [syn: {trim}]
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