'Pare' definitions:
Definition of 'pare'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pare'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundancies. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. [1913 Webster]
- The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pare'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- abscind,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- ax,
- ban,
- bar,
- bark,
- beat down,
- bisect,
- bob,
- break,
- butcher,
- carve,
- cheapen,
- chop,
- cleave,
- clip,
- compress,
- crop,
- cull,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- cut prices,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decline,
- decorticate,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- devaluate,
- dichotomize,
- diminish,
- dissever,
- dive,
- dock,
- downgrade,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- excoriate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- fissure,
- flay,
- gash,
- give way,
- hack,
- halve,
- hew,
- incise,
- isolate,
- jew down,
- jigsaw,
- knock off,
- lance,
- lessen,
- lop,
- lower,
- mark down,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- nose-dive,
- peel,
- pick out,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- prune,
- reduce,
- rend,
- retrench,
- rive,
- roll back,
- root out,
- rule out,
- sag,
- saw,
- scale down,
- scalp,
- scissor,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- sever,
- shave,
- shave off,
- shear,
- shorten,
- shuck,
- simplify,
- skin,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- slump,
- snip,
- split,
- stamp out,
- step down,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- sunder,
- take from,
- take off,
- take out,
- tear,
- trim,
- truncate,
- tune down,
- whittle,
- wipe out