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✂️ To reduce slowly 🍏 To peel or trim
to pare

to pare

17 5.7
To make something smaller by removing small parts
  • verb
  • /pɛr/
translation icon : recortar
  • Council leaders acknowledged that the council could pare its expenses and operate more efficiently.
  • pare costs
  • pare down the number
  • pare down the company

But if you can just pare back on your skin care routine, you will find that your skin care, your makeup lasts longer, a lot longer.

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Examples

  • He wanted to pare down his wardrobe to only the clothes he truly loved.

  • I've tried to pare down my collection to just the essential.

    Ghost World (2001)

  • Its aim is to pare more than $19 million from the budget.

    Academic text (1996)

  • In this way, parents could pare back their savings, which would likely increase domestic consumption.

    Academic text (2009)

  • While under Chapter 11 protection, the company managed to pare a $41 billion debt down to $6 billion.

    Academic text (2004)

  • We'll pare it down to three applicants after we watch the tapes.

    The Weather Man (2005)

  • In actuality, you just have to pare it down to which story you're telling.

    Blog text (11)

  • You'll have to pare your schedules down to the absolute essentials.

    Man of the House (2005)

  • The reduction of 8,524 aircraft-kilometers, a 41 percent savings, would significantly pare overall operating costs.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Saladoff also tries to pare costs by do-it-yourself techniques when preparing exhibits for trial.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to reduce
vsto pare
∞ 1.6

To make something smaller in amount, size, or number

acts by removing small amounts gradually rather than by general decrease
to cut down
vsto pare
65 2.7

To make something smaller in amount or number

acts by removing small amounts repeatedly rather than large steps
to whittle down
vsto pare
10 5.1

To make a list or group smaller by removing items over time

acts by removing very small amounts repeatedly rather than broad cuts
to pare down
vsto pare
9 4.4

Make something smaller by removing parts you do not need

acts by removing very small amounts repeatedly
to whittle away
vsto pare
3 5.9

To make something smaller gradually by cutting or wearing it away

acts by removing small amounts rather than tiny shaping pieces

Antonyms

to increase
∞ 1.0

To make something larger or more in number

to add
∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

Phrasal Verbs

to pare down
9 4.4

Make something smaller by removing parts you do not need

How Much

to slash
79 3.7
to cut back
169 2.9
to whittle
13 6.2
to pare
17 5.7
to trim
95 2.6

Surface Forms

pare infinitive
pared past
pared past participle
paring present participle
pares third person singular

Etymology

Pare comes from the same root parare ('to prepare'), and it came to mean cutting away little parts until something is ready. So, to pare something is to reduce it gradually by removing small amounts.