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Webster 1913 Edition
Pare
Pare
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Paring
.] 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 redundancies3.
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.
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
pare
English
Verb
pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)
- (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.
- (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.
- to trim the hoof of a horse
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from pare
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Translations
To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife
To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
pare
- first-person singular present subjunctive of parar
- 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)
French
Verb
pare
- first-person singular present indicative of parer
- third-person singular present indicative of parer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of parer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of parer
- second-person singular imperative of parer
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
pare
Portuguese
Verb
pare
- first-person singular present subjunctive of parar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of parar
- third-person singular imperative of parar
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin pariēs, parietem.
Noun
pare f (plural pares)
Related terms
Spanish
Verb
pare
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of parar.