pare
pare /p'eər/ (pares paring pared)
1 [VERB] V n from n, V n with adv, V-ed
When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer.
Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...
He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.
...thinly pared lemon rind.
see also paring
2 [VERB] be V-ed adv, V n with adv, V n
If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it.
The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third...
The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit...
Local authorities must pare their budgets.
1 [VERB] V n from n, V n with adv, V-ed
When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer.
Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...
He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.
...thinly pared lemon rind.
see also paring
2 [VERB] be V-ed adv, V n with adv, V n
If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it.
The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third...
The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit...
Local authorities must pare their budgets.