PARED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

pared

verb

past tense of pare

as in shaved

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument pared the stray branches on the tree

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Recent Examples of pared As oil prices pared their losses through Friday, so did Treasury yields. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Middleton paired the look with silver jewelry pieces, but kept her royal power suit moment mostly pared back. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Shares of the company fell as much as 5% in premarket trading but pared back their losses as executives reassured investors on the company's earnings conference call. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Because while the guest list may be pared back, there’s no reason the wedding dress should be. — Sarah Zendejas, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026 These days, her go-to MAC routine is a little more pared back. — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 Levi texted me photos; the out-of-control grass-scape had been pared back to a short, scruffy layer. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Oil prices pared some gains midday before resuming their climb in the afternoon. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 Lauren pared down the lavish setting from his fall ready-to-wear show of opulent rugs and antique chairs, keeping the setting white and minimalist with attendees sitting on ivory fabric benches and models emerging from behind white doors. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

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With his head shaved and his chest usually bared, Yousuke Yukimatsu melds body and machine to choreograph intensely physical sonic marathons.

— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Cook, when his head is not shaved as in his prison mugshot, has red hair.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of shaved

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For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
Staff cut raw chicken and then proceeded to cut lamb without washing, rinsing and sanitizing cutting boards and prep tables.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut

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Throw on an oversize black pantsuit, add a filament-thin chain at the waist and let your untucked shirt, trimmed with a random assortment of little baubles, peek out at the bottom.

— Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Ng trimmed his price target to $140 per share from $144, but said Disney is too compelling to ignore at current levels.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

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