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pare verb [ pɛː ]

• trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.
• "Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife"
Similar: cut (off), trim (off), peel (off), shave (off), strip (off), clip (off), skin, decorticate, excoriate,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French parer ‘adorn, prepare’, also ‘peel, trim’, from Latin parare ‘prepare’.

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