Inflected forms: pared, par·ing, pares 1. To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument: pare apples.2. To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving: pared off the excess dough.3. To reduce as if by cutting off outer parts; trim: pare expenses.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English paren, from Old French parer, to prepare, trim, from Latin parre, to prepare. See per-1 in Appendix I.
pâr
re, to prepare. See per
-1 in Appendix I.
er —NOUN
