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verb (used with object), pared, par·ing.
1.
to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
2.
to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting (often followed by off or away).
3.
to reduce or remove by or as by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often followed by down): to pare down one's expenses.
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Pare
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
Example Sentences
- O'Brien moved in last year after living in a one-bedroom rental, he had to pare down his belongings.
- First you need to pare down your teaching prep and teaching time.
- Once he realises the complexity of economic reform, they mutter, he will realise that loan conditions are hard to pare down.
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Word Origin & History
pare
"to trim by cutting close," c.1320, from O.Fr. parer "arrange, prepare, trim," from L. parare "make ready," related to parere "produce, bring forth, give birth to," from PIE base *per- "to bring forward, bring forth" (cf. Lith. pariu "to brood," Gk. poris "calf, bull," O.H.G. farro, Ger. Farre "bullock,"
EXPANDO.E. fearr "bull," Skt. prthukah "child, calf, young of an animal," Czech spratek "brat, urchin, premature calf"). Generalized meaning "to reduce something little by little" is from 1530.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
Paré Pa·ré (pä-rā'), Ambroise. 1517?-1590.
French surgeon who made numerous improvements to operating methods, including the ligature of arteries rather than cauterization.
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