verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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After removing the tape, pare away any surplus adhesive with a razor blade.
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All this has been pared away in favor of ideas and a spare, urgent prose style.
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The rest could be pared away .
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Her romantic self-projection is pared away to reveal a character at once complacent, grasping, disingenuous and manipulative ....
down
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But now, in the main, companies are leaner and fitter; they have pared down their operations in order to survive.
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To fit in with the minimalist style of living, the couple had to pare down their possessions drastically.
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Superintendent Pam Saylor recommended paring down some expenses Monday, or the cost would have been even higher.
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But whereas caricature depends on paring down character to exaggerated essentials, acting conveys shades, nuances and inconsistencies.
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By necessity my beauty routine is pared down to the basics of cleansing, toning and moisturising.
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Mr Hall has pared down the bebop style and you are left with the spirit, minus the meaningless displays of technique.
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It's pared down , sculpted; yet it bursts with life, with a profane energy and speed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pare one small apple and then dice it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But whereas caricature depends on paring down character to exaggerated essentials, acting conveys shades, nuances and inconsistencies.
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In our quest for experiencing the ultimate New York hotel bar, we must pare down the prospects.
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Mr Hall has pared down the bebop style and you are left with the spirit, minus the meaningless displays of technique.
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The banking industry is aggressively paring its ranks, and the current wave of megamergers simply means more layoffs.
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The problem with the Journal is that we are a small society trying to pare costs to the minimum.
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The rest could be pared away.