"pare" meaning in English

See pare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɛɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pare.wav Forms: pares [present, singular, third-person], paring [participle, present], pared [participle, past], pared [past]
enPR: pâr [Received-Pronunciation], pâr [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“I prepare, arrange; I provide, furnish; I resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“I bear, I give birth to; I spawn, produce, beget; I procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-}}, {{inh|en|enm|paren}} Middle English paren, {{der|en|fro|parer|t=to arrange, prepare, trim}} Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), {{der|en|la|parō|t=I prepare, arrange; I provide, furnish; I resolve, purpose}} Latin parō (“I prepare, arrange; I provide, furnish; I resolve, purpose”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*per-|t=to bring forward, bring forth}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)
  1. (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife. Tags: transitive Translations (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife): беля (belja) (Bulgarian), 削皮 (xiāopí) (Chinese Mandarin), 去皮 (qùpĺ) (Chinese Mandarin), oříznout [perfective] (Czech), seříznout [perfective] (Czech), okrájet [perfective] (Czech), pellen (Dutch), schillen (Dutch), snoeien (Dutch), (af)knippen (Dutch), kuoria (Finnish), éplucher (French), peler (French), schälen (German), pellen (German), abschälen (German), abschneiden (German), abhobeln (German), rekortar (Ido), очищать (očiščatʹ) (Russian), lupiti (Slovene), olupiti (Slovene), obrezati (Slovene), pelar (Spanish), mondar (Spanish), skala (Swedish), שאָבן (shobn) (Yiddish), שנײַדן (shnaydn) (Yiddish), אָפּשיילן (opsheyln) (Yiddish), אַרומשנײַדן (arumshnaydn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-pare-en-verb-NL3QSldi Disambiguation of 'To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife': 89 9 1 1
  2. (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off. Tags: transitive Translations (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off): изрязвам (izrjazvam) (Bulgarian), подрязвам (podrjazvam) (Bulgarian), okrájet [perfective] (Czech), ořezat [perfective] (Czech), pellen (Dutch), schillen (Dutch), beknibbelen (Dutch), besnoeien (Dutch), leikata (Finnish), supistaa (Finnish), rogner (French), beschneiden (German), zurückschneiden (German), trimmen (German), stutzen (German), zurechtstutzen (German), kappen (German), rekortar (Ido), уре́зать (urézatʹ) (Russian), skala ned (Swedish), göra avkall (Swedish), minska (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pare-en-verb-u85BnJHN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 59 4 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 53 9 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 52 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 49 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 48 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 53 9 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 50 11 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 52 9 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 8 56 7 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 47 8 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 53 9 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 49 12 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 54 9 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 12 52 9 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 54 9 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 54 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 11 53 9 28 Disambiguation of 'To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off': 5 83 4 8
  3. To trim the hoof of a horse. Translations (trim a hoof): verka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pare-en-verb-rOGrUgCt Disambiguation of 'trim a hoof': 5 20 71 4
  4. (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil. Tags: Ireland, slang
    Sense id: en-pare-en-verb-eJ7pSUV- Categories (other): Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheeseparing, pare away, pare down, pare off, parer, pare to the bone, paring, paring knife

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cheeseparing"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pare down"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pare off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parer"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pare to the bone"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "paring"
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      "name": "der"
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        "third-person"
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          "text": "Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.",
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        "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife."
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        [
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        "(transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife."
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
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          "roman": "belja",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "беля"
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          "roman": "xiāopí",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "削皮"
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          "roman": "qùpĺ",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "去皮"
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          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
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          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
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          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "pellen"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "schillen"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "snoeien"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "(af)knippen"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "kuoria"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "éplucher"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "peler"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "schälen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "pellen"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "abschälen"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "abschneiden"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "abhobeln"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "rekortar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očiščatʹ",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "очищать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "lupiti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "olupiti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "obrezati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "pelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "mondar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "skala"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "shobn",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "שאָבן"
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "shnaydn",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "שנײַדן"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "opsheyln",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "אָפּשיילן"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 9 1 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "arumshnaydn",
          "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
          "word": "אַרומשנײַדן"
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        {
          "text": "Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown:",
          "text": "Also referring to the deeds of certain Border Ruffians, he said, rapidly paring away his speech, like an experienced soldier, keeping a reserve of force and meaning, “They had a perfect right to be hung.”",
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          "ref": "1960 April, “The European Summer Timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 223:",
          "text": "From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.",
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        "To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off."
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        "(transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off."
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "izrjazvam",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "изрязвам"
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podrjazvam",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "подрязвам"
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "okrájet"
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
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          "word": "ořezat"
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
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          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "pellen"
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "schillen"
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "beknibbelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "besnoeien"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "leikata"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "supistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "rogner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "beschneiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "zurückschneiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "trimmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "stutzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "zurechtstutzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "kappen"
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          "roman": "urézatʹ",
          "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
          "word": "уре́зать"
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          "word": "skala ned"
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          "word": "göra avkall"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 83 4 8",
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        "To sharpen a pencil."
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      "homophone": "pair"
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      "homophone": "pear"
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      "homophone": "pere"
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        "(transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife."
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          "ref": "1960 April, “The European Summer Timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 223:",
          "text": "From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.",
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        "To sharpen a pencil."
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        "(Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "belja",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "беля"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāopí",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "削皮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qùpĺ",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "去皮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oříznout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "seříznout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "okrájet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "pellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "schillen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "snoeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "(af)knippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "kuoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "éplucher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "peler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "schälen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "pellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "abschälen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "abschneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "abhobeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "rekortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščatʹ",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "очищать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "lupiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "olupiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "obrezati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "pelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "mondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "skala"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shobn",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "שאָבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shnaydn",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "שנײַדן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "opsheyln",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "אָפּשיילן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "arumshnaydn",
      "sense": "To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife",
      "word": "אַרומשנײַדן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izrjazvam",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "изрязвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podrjazvam",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "подрязвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "okrájet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ořezat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "pellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "schillen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "beknibbelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "besnoeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "leikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "supistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "rogner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "beschneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "zurückschneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "trimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "stutzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "zurechtstutzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "kappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "rekortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "urézatʹ",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "уре́зать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "skala ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "göra avkall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off",
      "word": "minska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "trim a hoof",
      "word": "verka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pare"
}

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