Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, such as a skin or peel, that has been pared off.
- noun The act of removing the outer covering or skin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of trimming something, or of reducing it in size or thickness by cutting or shaving off small portions from the surface or extremity.
- noun That which is pared off; a thin piece cut, clipped, or shaved off; hence, a scrap: as, cheese-parings; the parings of grass-lands.
- noun The rind or outermost crust.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
- noun That which is pared off.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
pare . - noun A fragment or shaving that has been
pared .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- noun (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
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Examples
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They eventually will begin paring down their list to a second group of finalists and conduct a second round of interviews, Jeff Wilpon, the franchise's chief operating officer, said in a conference call.
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On the contrary, the problem I had was in paring down the incredible wealth of stories I found about gun-toting women on both sides of the law.
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If I can't get the Menaje, I guess we will just need to be more ruthless in paring down stuff, and maybe be subject to customs duty on what we can't part with.
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If I can't get the Menaje, I guess we will just need to be more ruthless in paring down stuff, and maybe be subject to customs duty on what we can't part with.
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If I can't get the Menaje, I guess we will just need to be more ruthless in paring down stuff, and maybe be subject to customs duty on what we can't part with.
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If I can't get the Menaje, I guess we will just need to be more ruthless in paring down stuff, and maybe be subject to customs duty on what we can't part with.
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If I can't get the Menaje, I guess we will just need to be more ruthless in paring down stuff, and maybe be subject to customs duty on what we can't part with.
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If I can't get the Menaje, I guess we will just need to be more ruthless in paring down stuff, and maybe be subject to customs duty on what we can't part with.
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She peeled it carefully and slowly; there never was a peach so long in paring; for it was hardly more than finished when they rose from table.
Melbourne House 1907
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The truth is that for Unionists the idea of paring the claws of the Irish Party offers a tempting prospect.
Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Michael F. J. McDonnell
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