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Definition of "pare" []

  • To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument: pare apples. (verb-transitive)
  • To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving: pared off the excess dough. (verb-transitive)
  • To reduce as if by cutting off outer parts; trim: pare expenses from the monthly budget. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pare" in a sentence
  • "Still, we will again pare away your illogic and help you out with your argument."
  • "For what screenwriter and director Rawson Marshall Thurber (“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”) has done is to pare from the novel all nuance."
  • "Maybe I'm overreacting to all the reading lists of late, and I'll buy the different audiences argument, but would like to see Van Gelder if it's his call pare things back and push more stories over reviews."