Pare vs Unpared - What's the difference?
pare | unpared |
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
Not pared.
*{{quote-book, year=1859, author=Various, title=Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 18, April, 1859, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Meanwhile he surveyed the room as minutely as if it had been a museum,--trying the rocking-chair, examining pictures, snapping vases with his unpared nails, opening costly books, smelling of scent-bottles, scanning the anti-Macassars and the Berlin-wool mats. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Helen Campbell, title=The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking, chapter=, edition=
, passage=If unpared , wash and wipe each one to rub off the wool. }}
As a verb pare
is to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.As an adjective unpared is
not pared.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
* ----unpared
English
Adjective
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