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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 2025

päre

päre

See also: pare, Pare, paré, parë, and pære

Finnish

Noun

päre

  1. (construction) shake (thin - abt 0.5 cm - wooden shingle made by splitting wood)
  2. (idiomatic, in the plural) splinters, smithereens; especially in phrases like panna päreiksi ("to smash into smithereens"), mennä tuhannen päreiksi ("to go into splinters"). Also vulgar variants pillun päreiksi and tuhannen pillun päreiksi.
    Auto meni tuhannen päreiksi, mutta onneksi kukaan ei loukkaantunut.
    The car broke into smithereens but luckily no one was injured.
  3. (colloquial, diomatic) temper; especially in the idiomatic expression polttaa päreensä ("to [[lose one's temper"), which would literally translate into "to burn one's shingles"
    Älä polta päreitäsi turhaan.
    Don't lose your temper for nothing.

Declension

Inflection of päre (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative päre päreet
genitive päreen päreiden
päreitten
partitive pärettä päreitä
illative päreeseen päreisiin
päreihin
singular plural
nominative päre päreet
accusative nom. päre päreet
gen. päreen
genitive päreen päreiden
päreitten
partitive pärettä päreitä
inessive päreessä päreissä
elative päreestä päreistä
illative päreeseen päreisiin
päreihin
adessive päreellä päreillä
ablative päreeltä päreiltä
allative päreelle päreille
essive päreenä päreinä
translative päreeksi päreiksi
instructive — pärein
abessive päreettä päreittä
comitative — päreineen

Coordinate terms

  • (construction): paanu (shingle)

Compounds

  • pärekoppa
  • pärekori
  • pärepihti
  • pärepuu
  • päretuli
  • pärevalkea

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