Pare vs Parr - What's the difference?
pare | parr |
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
Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
A young leveret.
As a verb pare
is to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.As a noun parr is
young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.pare
English
Verb
(par)- We pared the paired pears.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.