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pared

/peəd/

/pɛrd/

pareverb

pared

Past Simple

pared

Past Simple

pared

Past Participle

paring

Gerund

/peə/

/pɛr/

Translations

The company plans to pare its workforce.

Компания планирует сокращать свою рабочую силу.

She used a knife to pare the apple.

Она использовала нож, чтобы срезать яблоко.

He needs to pare the branches of the tree.

Ему нужно обрезать ветки дерева.

Additional translations

Definitions

To trim or cut away the outer layer or parts of something, especially to make it smaller or neater.

She used a knife to pare the apple before eating it.

To reduce or diminish something gradually by cutting or removing parts.

The company had to pare down its expenses to stay profitable.

Synonyms

parenoun

Definitions

A thin piece removed in the act of paring; a trimming (usually plural).

The cook threw the carrot pares into the compost.