pare+off
1Pare — Pare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse s hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. {Empire}, {Parade}, {Pardon},… …
2Off — ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. [1913… …
3Off and on — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …
4pare — I. /pɛə / (say pair) verb (t) (pared, paring) 1. to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of: to pare apples. –phrase 2. pare down, to reduce or remove by, or as if by, cutting; diminish little by little: to pare down one s expenses. 3. pare… …
5pare — [peə US per] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: parer to prepare, make neat , from Latin parare to prepare ] 1.) to cut off the outer layer of something, using a sharp knife ▪ Pare the rind from the fruit. 2.) to reduce the amount,… …
6Pare Lorentz — (* 11. Dezember 1905 in Clarksburg, West Virginia; † 4. März 1992 in Armonk, New York) war ein US amerikanischer Dokumentarfilmer und Journalist. Leben Pare Lorentz wurde als Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz in West Virginia geboren. Seine Mutter war… …
7pare — [v] peel, trim carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover; concepts 176,202,236,247 Ant.… …
8pare — [[t]pe͟ə(r)[/t]] pares, paring, pared 1) VERB When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. → See also paring [V n from n] Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife …
9PARE (aviation) — In aviation, PARE is a mnemonic for a generic spin recovery technique applicable to many types of fixed wing aircraft. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Details 2 Precautions 3 …
10pare — transitive verb (pared; paring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French parer to make, prepare, pare, from Latin parare to prepare, acquire; akin to Latin parere to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit pṛṇāti he… …
