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1pare — [ per ] verb transitive 1. ) to reduce the total number or amount of something: pare something down/back: The list has been pared down from 9 states to 4. pare something to the bone (=reduce it by as much as you can): Government spending on… …
2pare — ► VERB 1) trim by cutting away the outer edges of. 2) (often pare away/down) reduce or diminish in a number of small successive stages. ORIGIN Old French parer, from Latin parare prepare …
3pare — [[t]pe͟ə(r)[/t]] pares, paring, pared 1) VERB When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. → See also paring [V n from n] Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife …
4pare — verb (T) 1 to cut off the thin outer part of something using a sharp knife: Pare the onions then cut them. 2 to cut your nails so that they look neat pare sth down phrasal verb (T) to gradually reduce an amount or number: The workforce has been… …
5pare — UK [peə(r)] / US [per] verb [transitive] Word forms pare : present tense I/you/we/they pare he/she/it pares present participle paring past tense pared past participle pared 1) to reduce the total number or amount of something pare something… …
6pare — [peə US per] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: parer to prepare, make neat , from Latin parare to prepare ] 1.) to cut off the outer layer of something, using a sharp knife ▪ Pare the rind from the fruit. 2.) to reduce the amount,… …
7pare — [peə ǁ per] also pare down verb [transitive] to gradually reduce a number or amount: • The company has been paring its regional accounting staff. • Both companies have pared down their operations in order to survive. * * * pare UK US /peər/ verb… …
8pare down — index curtail Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9pare — [v] peel, trim carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover; concepts 176,202,236,247 Ant.… …
10pare — [per] vt. pared, paring [ME paren < MFr parer, to prepare, trim, pare < L parare, to PREPARE] 1. to cut or trim away (the rind, skin, covering, rough surface, etc.) of (anything); peel 2. to reduce or diminish (costs, etc.) gradually: often …