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1. Decrease gradually or bit by bit
   - pare down
    
2. Cut small bits or pare shavings from
   "pare a piece of wood"
   - whittle
    
3. Strip the skin off
   "pare apples"
   - skin, peel
    
4. Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
   "pare one's fingernails"
   - trim

Sounds like: pair, pear

Derived forms: paring, pared, pares

See also: parer, paring

Type of: cut, decrease, lessen, minify, strip

Encyclopedia: Pare Pare, Ambroise