PARED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of pare 2. to cut away the outer layer from something…. Learn more.

The meaning of PARE is to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of. How to use pare in a sentence.

1. to cut off or trim the outer coating, layer, edge, or part of: to pare an apple; to pare one's nails. 2. to reduce or remove by or as if by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often fol. by down): to pare …

be pared back/down (to something) The training budget has been pared back to a minimum. The workforce has been pared to the bone (= reduced to the lowest possible level).

If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it. The governor's campaign fund could be pared down to $500. The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit.

The company has to find a way to pare expenses. The budget has been pared to the bone. [=reduced as much as possible]

pare (pâr), v.t., pared, par•ing. to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of. to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting (often fol. by off or away). to reduce or remove by or as by cutting; diminish …

Dec 11, 2025 · The word pared refers to an internal partition wall whereas magwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.

pared, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Simple past tense and past participle of pare. Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.