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Pared vs Pares - What's the difference?

pared | pares |

As verbs the difference between pared and pares

is that pared is past tense of pare while pares is third-person singular of pare.

pared

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pare)
  • Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.

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    pares

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pare)
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    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

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