Pare vs Sare - What's the difference?
pare | sare |
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
(British, archaic) dry, withered
(dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
(dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe
(UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly
As verbs the difference between pare and sare
is that pare is to seem, to look, to appear while sare is .pare
English
Verb
(par)- We pared the paired pears.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
Synonyms
* to peel * to skinDerived terms
* cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare offAnagrams
* ----sare
English
Alternative forms
* searAdjective
- Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
- Burn ash-wood sare , 'twool make a man sware.