Pare Definition

pâr
pared, pares, paring
verb
pared, pares, paring
To cut or trim away (the rind, skin, covering, rough surface, etc.) of (anything); peel.
Webster's New World
To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving.
Pared off the excess dough; pared fat from the budget.
American Heritage
To reduce or diminish (costs, etc.) gradually.
Webster's New World
To pare is defined as to peel, reduce or remove by trimming off the outside.
An example of to pare is using a knife to remove the skin of an orange.
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To trim the hoof of a horse.

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proper name
1517?-90; Fr. surgeon.
Webster's New World

Origin of Pare

  • From Old French parer "arrange, prepare, trim", from Latin parare "make ready" (related to parere "produce, bring forth"), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth"). -f-

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English paren from Old French parer to prepare, trim from Latin parāre to prepare perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pare Sentence Examples

  • Accord ' This " manifesto," which was bitterly attacked in the North, was agreed upon (October 18, 1854) by the three ministers after several meetings at Ostend and at Aix-la-Chapelle, arranged in pursuance of instructions to them from President Pierce to " corn-, pare opinions, and to adopt measures for perfect concert of action in aid of the negotiations at Madrid " on the subject of reparations demanded from Spain by the United States for alleged injuries to American commerce with Cuba.

  • The series of halves 2 in the one case, and of thirds in the I O I other, are entirely different series of 2 fractional numbers, but we can corn ‚ 0 0 pare them by putting each in its proper position in relation to the series of sixths.

  • He cut his trees level and close to the ground, that the sprouts which came up afterward might be more vigorous and a sled might slide over the stumps; and instead of leaving a whole tree to support his corded wood, he would pare it away to a slender stake or splinter which you could break off with your hand at last.

  • In spite of the attentions of Ambroise Pare he died on the 10th of July.

  • South-east of Mount Kilimanjaro are the Pare Mountains and Usambara highlands, separated from the coast by a comparatively narrow strip of plain.

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