pare
4 synonyms for pare, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To cut away the outer skin or covering of something, usually with a knife.
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Etymology
This word came into English through Middle English paren, from Old French parer ("to arrange, prepare, trim"), from Latin parō ("to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose") (related to pariō ("to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire")), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-E...
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