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Pa·ré    Audio Help   [pa-rey] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Am·broise    Audio Help   [ahn-brwaz] Pronunciation Key, 1510–90, French surgeon.
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pare    Audio Help   [pair] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), pared, par·ing.
1.to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
2.to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting (often fol. by off or away).
3.to reduce or remove by or as by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often fol. by down): to pare down one's expenses.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME paren < MF parer to make ready, trim < L parāre to prepare]

—Related forms
pare·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See peel1. 3. clip, shave, lessen.
—Antonyms 3. increase.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  pare
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  clip, curtail, cut, decrease, diminish, flay, peel, prune, reduce, remove, shave, shear, skin, trim
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  cut
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising.
Synonyms:  chop, clip, crop, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  skin
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To remove the skin of.
Synonyms:  decorticate, peel, scale, strip
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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