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Type Words
Synonyms pare down
Type of minify, decrease, lessen
Type Words
Synonyms peel, skin
Type of strip
Has types peel off, flay
Derivation parer, paring


pare apples.
Type Words
Synonyms trim
Type of cut
Has types dress
Derivation parer


pare one's fingernails.
Type Words
Synonyms whittle
Type of cut
Derivation paring

Examples of pare

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Amtrak will pare rail services between Boston, New York and Washington, it said.
From the bloomberg.com
It will largely accept Cuomo's plans to pare spending on Medicaid and education.
From the timesunion.com
Given the fishing reports, this might be a week to pare down that honey-do list.
From the thenewstribune.com
Auto parts plants are in the same category, as Honda and others pare production.
From the al.com
Mostostal and Elektrim are not alone in being forced by the market to pare back.
From the economist.com
How do you pare down pages and pages of story to a manageable length for a play?
From the orlandosentinel.com
With the collapse of the auto industry, the pressure to pare these costs is high.
From the online.wsj.com
Coaxing staff to work for free is only the airline's latest effort to pare costs.
From the time.com
This year, cargo-box trade is tumbling as retailers pare orders amid weak demand.
From the bloomberg.com
More examples
  • Decrease gradually or bit by bit
  • Whittle: cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
  • Skin: strip the skin off; "pare apples"
  • Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
  • (paring) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  • (paring) (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel; "she could peel an apple with a single long paring"
  • Paru00E8 is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 kilometres (25u00A0mi) northwest of Milan and about 6 kilometres (4u00A0mi) west of Como, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2007, it had a population of 1,784 and an area of 2.2 square kilometres (0.85u00A0squ00A0mi).
  • Paru00E9 is a family name of French origin. Some of the people who bear this name are:
  • Pare may refer to: