pare

CEFRC1

/pɛə/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To cut away the outer part of something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

Examples

  • Choose large apples of uniform size; pare, core and cook until tender in syrup.

  • Pare, core and slice two quarts of apples.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpiə/
  • /peː/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To trim the hoof of a horse.

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

  3. To sharpen a pencil.

More examples

In context

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

  • Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.

  • From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.

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She used a sharp knife to blank the apple's thin skin.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).