English Explanatory Dictionary

pare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
  2. To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
  3. To trim the hoof of a horse.
  4. To sharpen a pencil.
name
  1. A Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.

Pronunciation

pâr /pɛə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pare.wav /pɛɹ/ /peː/ en-au-pair.ogg /ˈpeə/ /ˈpiə/ /ˈpeɹ/ /ˈpɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

pare pares paring pared

Etymology

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).

Related words

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Derived words

cheesepare cheeseparing pare away pare down pare off parer pare to the bone paring paring knife unpared
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