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Apres vs Pares - What's the difference?

apres | pares |

As a preposition apres

is .

As a verb pares is

.

apres

English

Alternative forms

* apres, (nonstandard)

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • After.
  • * 2002, Jorge Ramos, The Other Face of America, Patricia J Duncan tr. [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0060938242&id=D_xrZF1gTi8C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&sig=ERHjCVnyrDm_50Up1nULZ7JeH2s]
  • How about an après ski massage? Well, it’ll cost you $80 for fifty minutes at the Aspen Club, tip included. Thank goodness.

    Usage notes

    * Often hyphenated to its referent, following conventions of English multi-word–modifier hyphenation.

    Derived terms

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pares

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pare)
  • Anagrams

    * * * * * * * * * * * * ----

    pare

    English

    Verb

    (par)
  • to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
  • We pared the paired pears.
  • to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
  • Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
  • to trim the hoof of a horse
  • Synonyms

    * to peel * to skin

    Derived terms

    * cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare off

    Anagrams

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