pare - use in sentences

Followed by a transitive particle

  • away: It pares away the surface of the cheese to produce attractive rosettes of cheese.

Object

  • zest: Simmer Cox's apple slices in a little water with a piece of pared lemon zest.
  • pre-: Already at creation, the land was being pre- pared for the covenant.
  • com: The results will be com pared with that obtained from cross-sectional TEM.
  • thing: Neiman pares things down to a single, profound fear.

Particle object: down_obj

  • text: Radford has pared down the text to a manageable shape that appears thrilling and trim - an admirable achievement.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: Washing will be increased enormously, so pare down on the time devoted to laundering household and personal things.
  • away: A dry, moist or suppurating bruise can be seen at the seat of corn when the overlying sole is pared away.
  • carefully: White Line Separation Sheep with toe abscesses should be carefully pared along the white line, and this will usually reveal a dark mark.
  • pre: But we could not find anyone in authority who was pre pared to listen to us.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • away: United Designers have pared away all the non-essential elements of a traditional hotel to create a property which is timeless and yet firmly contemporary.
  • down: Of course, such a paring down of the original leaves little space to explore some of the darker elements of the play.

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