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pare
1[pair]
verb (used with object)
to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting (often followed by off oraway ).
to reduce or remove by or as by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often followed bydown ).
to pare down one's expenses.
Antonyms: increase
Paré
2[p
noun
Ambroise 1510–90, French surgeon.
pare
1/ pɛə /
verb
to peel or cut (the outer layer) from (something)
to cut the edges from (the nails); trim
to decrease bit by bit
Paré
2/ pare /
noun
Ambroise (ɑ̃brwaz). 1510–90, French surgeon. He reintroduced ligature of arteries following amputation instead of cauterization
Other Word Forms
- pareable adjective
- unpared adjective
- parer noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pare1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The stock has pared some gains to be up 0.8% in recent morning trading, with the market cap at $993.7 billion.
The key to the scene was practice, but the other trick was to pare it back from the planned crowd scene to the two protagonists.
Others have pointed to putative profiteering by cattle ranchers, whose profits per animal have spiraled higher, even as many have pared the size of their herds.
While traders have pared back rate-cut bets for December, futures markets imply a more than two-thirds chance of a cut by January.
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, plans to introduce a proposal on Wednesday that is expected to pare back some elements of its sweeping digital laws.
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