pare : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pare	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pare v decrease gradually or bit by bit Synonym(s): pare, pare down cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" Synonym(s): whittle, pare strip the skin off; "pare apples" Synonym(s): skin, peel, pare remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" Synonym(s): pare, trim
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paring}.] [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.