pare — OAT · Shobdo

pare

verb

1 pare 4 strips of zest from the lemon | pare the mangoes:

cut (off), trim (off), peel (off), shave (off), strip (off), clip (off), skin;

technical decorticate, excoriate.

2 the company's domestic operations have been pared down:

reduce, diminish, decrease, cut, cut back/down, make cutbacks in, whittle away/down, salami-slice, trim, slim down, prune, lower, lessen, retrench, curtail.