PARE
\pˈe͡ə], \pˈeə], \p_ˈeə]\
Definitions of PARE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
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decrease gradually or bit by bit
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remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
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strip the skin off; "pare apples"
By Princeton University
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cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
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decrease gradually or bit by bit
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strip the skin off; "pare apples"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
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Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
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Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To cut or shave off the outside or ends of; as, to pare an apple; to cut away little by little; reduce.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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