PARE

transitive verb (~d; paring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r to make, pre~, ~, from Latin parare to pre~, acquire; akin to Latin ~re to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit pṛṇāti he gives Date: 14th century to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of , to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring , ~r noun