[ US /ˈpɛɹ/ ]
[ UK /pˈe‍ə/ ]
VERB
  1. decrease gradually or bit by bit
  2. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
    pare one's fingernails
    trim lumber
    trim the photograph
  3. strip the skin off
    pare apples
  4. cut small bits or pare shavings from
    whittle a piece of wood
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How To Use pare In A Sentence

  • We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
  • Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
  • I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
  • The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
  • One was apparently faulty and the other did not have a battery.
  • Just before serving, prepare a few small cheese ravioli and place them in each bowl before you add the soup.
  • His parents made a lot of sacrifices to make sure he got a good education.
  • You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
  • Parents have to be a lot more careful about what their children are allowed to watch on the TV.
  • Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
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