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

1. transitive verb. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
4. verb. decrease gradually or bit by bit
5. verb. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

   "pare one's fingernails"

   "trim the photograph"

   Synonyms: trim

6. verb. strip the skin off

   "pare apples"

   Synonyms: peel, skin

7. verb. cut small bits or pare shavings from

   "whittle a piece of wood"

   Synonyms: whittle

Synonyms

trim, peel, skin, whittle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pare:

aper, pear, rape, reap

Common word forms

pared, parer, pares, paring

Words from these letters

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