as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
pared the stray branches on the tree
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Recent Examples of pare
To make that possible, models are often pared down to conserve energy and processing power.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
What Brown and Downing have done, following comments Vrabel made last March, is help pare down the verbiage in McDaniels’ system.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Once its largest shareholder with a 40% stake, Lefkofsky stepped down from an active leadership role at Groupon in 2015 and has since pared his holdings to just under 10%.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Dress it up with a pair of tights, a skirt, and some ballet flats, or pare it down with your favorite jeans, a tote bag, and some comfy sneakers.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
What Brown and Downing have done, following comments Vrabel made last March, is help pare down the verbiage in McDaniels’ system.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Once its largest shareholder with a 40% stake, Lefkofsky stepped down from an active leadership role at Groupon in 2015 and has since pared his holdings to just under 10%.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Dress it up with a pair of tights, a skirt, and some ballet flats, or pare it down with your favorite jeans, a tote bag, and some comfy sneakers.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pare
Verb
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Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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To get into character, the actor had to shave his head, wear a combover and adjust his posture to appear nearly a foot shorter in order to capture the American songwriter's physical appearance.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Others have cut bills by a factor of five.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Undeterred, Rodgers connected on a five-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Warren to trim the deficit to 26-24.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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For his efforts, which also included spending more than $7,000 to trim trees and cut down two redwoods and a fir, he was rewarded with a certificate from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety that persuaded his insurer to maintain his coverage.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Pare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pare. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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