pare
Meaning
Verb
- To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
- To trim the hoof of a horse.
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Origin
- From Middle English paren, from Old French parer, from Latin parō (related to pariō), from a Proto-Indo-European *per-.
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