pare

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verb

1. decrease gradually or bit by bit (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
pare down
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cut small bits or pare shavings from
- whittle a piece of wood
• Syn:
whittle
• Derivationally related forms:
paring, whittler (for: whittle)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. strip the skin off
- pare apples
• Syn:
skin, peel
• Derivationally related forms:
parer, paring, peel (for: peel), peeler (for: peel), skin (for: skin), skinner (for: skin)
• Hypernyms:
strip
• Hyponyms:
peel off, flay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The chefs pare the vegetables
4. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- pare one's fingernails
- trim the photograph
- trim lumber
• Syn:
trim
• Derivationally related forms:
trimmer (for: trim), parer
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Hyponyms:
dress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trim, skin, peel, whittle, pare down