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pare

UK/pɛə/ US/pɛɹ/ uncommon slang

verb

1.

decrease gradually or bit by bit

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2.

cut small bits or pare shavings from

  • “whittle a piece of wood”
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3.

strip the skin off

  • “pare apples”
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4.

remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

  • “pare one”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).

Phrases

  • pare away
  • pare down
  • pare off
  • pare to the bone
  • paring knife

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