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Webster 1913 Edition


Pare

Pare

,
Verb.
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, rind, or outside part, from anything; – followed by
off
or
away
;
as, to
pare
off the rind 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pare

PARE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. paro; Gr. lame; to mutilate; Heb. to create; to cut off. The primary sense is to thrust or drive, hence to drive off, to separate, to stop by setting or repelling, as in parry, or to drive off or out, as in separating or producing.]
1.
To cut off, as the superficial substance or extremities of a thing; to shave off with a sharp instrument; as, to pare an apple or an orange; to pare the nails; to pare a horse's hoof; to pare land in agriculture.
2.
To diminish by little and little.
The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy.
When pare is followed by the thing diminished, the noun is in the objective case; as, to pare the nails. When the thing separated is the object, pare is followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundances.

Definition 2024


Pare

Pare

See also: pare, paré, parè, pâre, parê, päre, parë, and parę

Maori

Proper noun

Pare

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Polly.

pare

pare

See also: Pare, paré, parè, pâre, parê, parë, päre, and parę

English

Verb

pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)

  1. (transitive) to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
    Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.
  2. (transitive, often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
    Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
  3. to trim the hoof of a horse

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Albanian

Noun

pare f

  1. money

Asturian

Verb

pare

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of parar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of parar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pater, partrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾe/
  • Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

pare m (plural pares)

  1. father

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

pare

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of paren

Anagrams


French

Verb

pare

  1. first-person singular present indicative of parer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of parer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of parer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of parer
  5. second-person singular imperative of parer

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Galician

Verb

pare

  1. third-person singular present indicative of parir
  2. second-person singular imperative of parir

Interlingua

Verb

pare

  1. present of parer
  2. imperative of parer

Italian

Verb

pare

  1. third-person singular indicative present of parere

Anagrams


Kurdish

Noun

pare m

  1. money (currency)

Latin

Verb

pārē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pāreō

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

pare (noun class 5/6, plural mapvare)

  1. road

Portuguese

Verb

pare

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of parar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of parar
  3. third-person singular imperative of parar

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -are

Verb

pare

  1. third-person singular present tense form of părea.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) paraid
  • (Sursilvan) preit

Etymology

From Latin pariēs, parietem.

Noun

pare f (plural pares)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) (internal) wall
  2. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) rock face

Related terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) mir
  • (Surmiran) meir
  • (Puter, Vallader) mür

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pare f (Cyrillic spelling паре)

  1. money


Spanish

Verb

pare

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of parar.

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem. Compare Italian padre.

Noun

pare m (plural pari)

  1. father

See also