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parepare /pɛr/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYpareOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French parer to prepare, make neat, from Latin parare to prepare VERB TABLEpare |
Present | I, you, we, they | pare | | he, she, it | pares | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pared | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pared | | he, she, it | has pared | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pared | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pare | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pared |
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Present | I | am paring | | he, she, it | is paring | | you, we, they | are paring | Past | I, he, she, it | was paring | | you, we, they | were paring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been paring | | he, she, it | has been paring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been paring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be paring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been paring |
1to cut off the thin outer part of a fruit or vegetable using a sharp knife: First pare the apples.2to reduce an amount or number, especially by making a series of small reductions: pare something from something $600,000 has been pared from next year’s budget.pare something ↔ down phrasal verb to gradually reduce an amount or number: The navy has pared its carrier fleet down to nine ships from fourteen.—pared-down adjective |