All pare synonyms
PaΒ·rΓ©
P p verb pare
- detruncate β to cut off a part of; truncate
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- excoriate β Censure or criticize severely.
- hulled β retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- abbreviate β If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- excorticate β (obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
- whittle β to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife.
- carve β If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
- hulling β the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- clip β A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
- lop β to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- manicure β a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- delaminate β to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- bant β string
- banted β to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- deescalate β To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- creamed β the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- de-escalate β to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- flake β fake2 (defs 2, 3).
- decorticate β to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- banting β slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
- bants β to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- boil down β When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- cut back β If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- husking β the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- desquamate β (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- inventoried β a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- crop β Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- chip β Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
- creaming β the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.