Dictionary Entry
pare
pare is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
- 2transitive verb
To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
- 3transitive verb
Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
- 4verb
decrease gradually or bit by bit
- 5verb
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
"pare one's fingernails"
"trim the photograph"
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- 6verb
strip the skin off
"pare apples"
- 7verb
cut small bits or pare shavings from
"whittle a piece of wood"
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