pare

verb

ˈper

pared; paring

transitive verb

: to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of

pare apples

paring his nails

: to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring

pare expenses

the novel was pared down to 200 pages

parer noun

Example Sentences

The company has to find a way to pare expenses. pared the stray branches on the tree

Recent Examples on the Web Bangs expects this wave of cancellations to stabilize by the fall season as airlines pare back schedules and aggressively hire new pilots and other workers.

David K. Li, NBC News, 27 June 2022 Consumers use the label to pare down their closets to fewer, better pieces and help benefit women through H.E.A.R.T.

Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 Walmart, like Target, has discounted goods to pare excess inventory.

Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 Joe Flint looks at the age-old debate: Should Disney get rid of ESPN, in light of an activist investor’s calls to pare assets? — James Hibberd explores the fight for eyeballs among the fantasy juggernauts.

Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 The requirements would constrain the administration’s ability to pare fossil fuel developments on federal land, despite pleas from climate activists to halt drilling and rapidly pivot to green energy.

Ari Natter, Bloomberg.com, 28 July 2022 Only if a weak stock market transitions into a sluggish economy will CFOs start to pare back dividend growth–and even then in a cautious way.

Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 1 June 2022 Gas prices eased in April, which could help pare inflation in the Wednesday's CPI report.

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 May 2022 Berkeley pledged at the time to pare back the police budget, as well as to rethink how its police operate.

Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English paren, borrowed from Anglo-French parer "to make, prepare, adorn, trim, cut off," going back to Latin parāre "to supply, provide, make ready," probably verbal derivative of a nominal base *paro-, formed from parere "to give birth to, bring into being, produce" — more at parturient

Note: The Latin verb is alternatively taken as a direct outcome of an Indo-European present formation *pr̥h₃-i̯e-, but the phonetic development has been questioned. Most of the numerous compound verbs formed from parāre, as apparāre "to prepare" (see apparatus), comparāre "to prepare, collect, muster," disparāre "to divide" (see disparate), praeparāre "to furnish beforehand, prepare," reparāre "to recover, restore" (see repair entry 1), sēparāre "to divide" (see separate entry 1), fail to show vowel weakening. The verbs imperāre "to levy, order, command" (see emperor) and properāre "to hasten" (perhaps of independent origin) are for uncertain reasons exceptions. The Romance development in sense from "prepare" to a more concrete "cut (the peeling from), trim"—well attested in Old French—has become virtually the only sense in English, with the broader French meaning "prepare, adorn, decorate" being only marginally attested.

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	pare
释义	pare verb ˈper pared; paring transitive verb 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 parer noun Synonyms bob clip crop cut cut back dock lop (off) nip poll prune shave shear snip trim See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The company has to find a way to pare expenses. pared the stray branches on the tree Recent Examples on the Web Bangs expects this wave of cancellations to stabilize by the fall season as airlines pare back schedules and aggressively hire new pilots and other workers. David K. Li, NBC News, 27 June 2022 Consumers use the label to pare down their closets to fewer, better pieces and help benefit women through H.E.A.R.T. Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 Walmart, like Target, has discounted goods to pare excess inventory. Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 Joe Flint looks at the age-old debate: Should Disney get rid of ESPN, in light of an activist investor’s calls to pare assets? — James Hibberd explores the fight for eyeballs among the fantasy juggernauts. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 The requirements would constrain the administration’s ability to pare fossil fuel developments on federal land, despite pleas from climate activists to halt drilling and rapidly pivot to green energy. Ari Natter, Bloomberg.com, 28 July 2022 Only if a weak stock market transitions into a sluggish economy will CFOs start to pare back dividend growth–and even then in a cautious way. Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 1 June 2022 Gas prices eased in April, which could help pare inflation in the Wednesday's CPI report. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 May 2022 Berkeley pledged at the time to pare back the police budget, as well as to rethink how its police operate. Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English paren, borrowed from Anglo-French parer "to make, prepare, adorn, trim, cut off," going back to Latin parāre "to supply, provide, make ready," probably verbal derivative of a nominal base paro-, formed from parere* "to give birth to, bring into being, produce" — more at parturient Note: The Latin verb is alternatively taken as a direct outcome of an Indo-European present formation pr̥h₃-i̯e-, but the phonetic development has been questioned. Most of the numerous compound verbs formed from parāre,* as apparāre "to prepare" (see apparatus), comparāre "to prepare, collect, muster," disparāre "to divide" (see disparate), praeparāre "to furnish beforehand, prepare," reparāre "to recover, restore" (see repair entry 1), sēparāre "to divide" (see separate entry 1), fail to show vowel weakening. The verbs imperāre "to levy, order, command" (see emperor) and properāre "to hasten" (perhaps of independent origin) are for uncertain reasons exceptions. The Romance development in sense from "prepare" to a more concrete "cut (the peeling from), trim"—well attested in Old French—has become virtually the only sense in English, with the broader French meaning "prepare, adorn, decorate" being only marginally attested. First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing pare pare to the bone pare to the bone Kids Definition pare verb ˈper pared; paring 1 : to cut or shave off the outside or the ends of pare apples 2 : to reduce as if by cutting He had to pare the cost of his trip. pare verb as in to shave to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument pared the stray branches on the tree Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance shave cut trim prune clip mow crop whittle bob snip shear cut back poll dock nip lop (off) curtail shorten skive manicure stump pinch Antonyms & Near Antonyms extend lengthen elongate
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pare

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