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What does pare mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
  2. (transitive, often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
  3. to trim the hoof of a horse
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Using a vegetable peeler, pare the skin from lemons, and divide between the three bowls.
There is a movement to re-establish the laws of free competition, to promote globalization, to pare down the size of government.
I've tried to pare down a 20-minute presentation to the space of about five or ten minutes.
Barrett has the ability to really pare away the onion skins of the individual to show the true man inside.
Here's a look at ways you can enjoy boating, whether you want to go all out or pare down expenses.
Computeraided engineering and frame-gauge optimization pare down the weight.

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