PARE

pare, pare down

(verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit

pare, trim

(verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; “pare one’s fingernails”; “trim the photograph”; “trim lumber”

skin, peel, pare

(verb) strip the skin off; “pare apples”

whittle, pare

(verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from; “whittle a piece of wood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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

(transitive, often, with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off

to trim the hoof of a horse

Synonyms

• to peel

• to skin

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pear, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

Source: Wiktionary

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Pare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pared; p. pr. & vb. n. Paring.] Etym: [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, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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