Pare vs Parge - What's the difference?
pare | parge |
to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
to trim the hoof of a horse
As a verb pare
is to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.As a noun parge is
a coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.pare
English
Verb
(par)- We pared the paired pears.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.