Associations to the word «Pare»
Noun
- Slice
- Boil
- Quart
- Cucumber
- Bake
- Pint
- Grate
- Syrup
- Turnip
- Apple
- Pineapple
- Lemon
- Potato
- Peach
- Stew
- Pudding
- Pear
- Cinnamon
- Boiling
- Sugar
- Peel
- Butter
- Juice
- Vinegar
- Baking
- Che
- Jelly
- Tender
- Onion
- Dish
- Core
- Oven
- Nail
- Sauce
- Crust
- Dice
- Salt
- Paste
- Stalk
- Batter
- Wash
- Fry
- Squeeze
- Quarter
- Flour
- Chop
- Stir
- Pound
- Drain
- Plow
- Pepper
- Ko
- Ambrose
- Fruit
- Tanzania
- Quantity
- Seed
- Strain
- Mixture
- Knife
- Emmett
- Christophe
- Pre
- Nadir
- Sou
- Boulogne
- Fenton
- Assam
- Bread
- Pradesh
- Placebo
- Mare
- Surgeon
- Guise
- Microwave
- Pam
- Myanmar
- Raisin
- Rub
Wiktionary
PARE, verb. (transitive) to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
PARE, verb. (transitive) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
PARE, verb. To trim the hoof of a horse
PARE DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.
Dictionary definition
PARE, verb. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
PARE, verb. Cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood".
PARE, verb. Strip the skin off; "pare apples".
PARE, verb. Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.