pare
transitive verbTo remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument.
transitive verbTo remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving.
transitive verbTo reduce, as in quantity or size; trim.
nounAn obsolete form of. pair.
To trim by cutting or shaving off thin slices or flakes from the surface or the extremities: as, to
To reduce by cutting away superficial parts; diminish by little and little; cut down.
To remove by or as by cutting, clipping, or shaving: with off or away: as, to
Synonyms Pare, Peel, Shave off. To pare is to remove the surface only with a knife or similar instrument; to peel is to pull off the skin or rind. βThat is peeled which is deprived of a natural layer or integument spread over it.β (C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated, p. 603.) The figurative uses of these two words are limited. Shave or shave off still seems figurative when not implying the use of a razor, and is controlled in its meaning by that original sense; hence it is always limited to dressing off the surface.
nounAmong the Maoris of New Zealand, the carved ornament or ornamentation about a door.
transitive verbTo cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of