Pare definition

Pare

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WordNet

(1) Decrease gradually or bit by bit

(2) Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

"Pare one's fingernails"

"Trim the photograph"

"Trim lumber"

(3) Strip the skin off

"Pare apples"

(4) Cut small bits or pare shavings from

"Whittle a piece of wood"

WiktionaryText

From parer "arrange, prepare, trim", from parare "make ready" (related to parere "produce, bring forth"), from a .

To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.

We pared the paired pears.
To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

Albrecht had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.