transcription, транскрипция: [ peə(r) ]
( pares, paring, pared)
1.
When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away , you cut off its skin or its outer layer.
Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...
He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.
...thinly pared lemon rind.
VERB : V n from n , V n with adv , V-ed
see also paring
2.
If you pare something down or back , or if you pare it, you reduce it.
The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third...
The luxury tax won’t really do much to pare down the budget deficit...
Local authorities must pare their budgets.
VERB : be V-ed adv , V n with adv , V n