pare

One entry found for pare.

Main Entry: pare
Pronunciation: 'per
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): pared; par·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parer to make, prepare, pare, from Latin parare to prepare, acquire; akin to Latin parere to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit prnAti he gives
1 : to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of <pare apples> <paring his nails>
2 : to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring <pare expenses> <the novel was pared down to 200 pages>
- par·er noun