<b><font size="4">"pare"</font></b><br/><b>verb</b> <ol> <li>decrease gradually or bit by bit [syn: <a href="/">pare down</a>] </li> <li>cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood" [syn: <a href="../whittle.html">whittle</a>] </li> <li>strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: <a href="../skin.html">skin</a>, <a href="/">peel</a>] </li> <li>remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" [syn: <a href="../trim.html">trim</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../pare.html">http://www.word.sc/pare</a>

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