Word "PARE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
decrease gradually or bit by bit
Synonyms:
pare down

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
strip the skin off
Synonyms:
peel, skin
Examples:
pare apples

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
Synonyms:
trim
Examples:
pare one's fingernails

Crossword Clues for PARE

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Whittle down Family Time 25 Aug 2025
Peel LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2025
Remove the skin from New York Times 15 Jul 2025
Peel with a knife Universal 13 Jul 2025
Use a peeler LA Times Daily 07 Jul 2025
Cut fruit, say (4)
Peel fruit on the radio
Peel, as fruit Universal 29 Jun 2025
Cut orchard fruit, reportedly (4)
Trim, shave (4)
Trim Commuter 19 Jun 2025
Cut back New York Times 17 Jun 2025
Declared the fruit to be prune (4)
Rid of rind Eugene Sheffer 13 Jun 2025
Trim - "rape" anagram?
Remove a peel
Prune a fruit tree, we hear (4)
Shave, trim down (4)
Prune The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 16 May 2025
Use a kitchen adget
Pieces of turnip aren't free of skin (4)
Use a kitchen peeler on
Trim down Commuter 23 Apr 2025
Reduce gradually Wall Street Journal 19 Apr 2025
Trim Mirror Tea Time 15 Apr 2025
Take the skin off the fruit, one hears (4)
Peel or cut (4)
Peel fruit, by the sound of it
Make the cut? LA Times Mini 29 Mar 2025
"Shave," a couple said (4)
_ down : diminish little by little?
Trim Commuter 24 Feb 2025
To shave, or slice finely (4)
Rid of rind Eugene Sheffer 11 Feb 2025
Do some kitchen prep Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2025
Trim (down) New York Times 05 Feb 2025
Father about to shave (4)
Cut back Newsday 19 Jan 2025
Use a kitchen gadget
Trim couple reported (4)
Remove, as an apple peel Newsday 07 Jan 2025
Trim rind from
Reduce costs (4)
Skin, as an Apple Family Time 22 Dec 2024
Trim or cut off something (anagram of "reap")
Trim Commuter 16 Dec 2024
Trim the bushes, e.g.
Homophone for a winter fruit New York Times Mini 05 Dec 2024
Skin, as an apple Family Time 01 Dec 2024
Remove by shaving The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Nov 2024
Trim Commuter 16 Nov 2024
Shave (down) LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2024
Sounds like two to trim (4)
Remove the rind from Newsday 05 Nov 2024
Remove, as a rind Newsday 29 Oct 2024
Peel (apple)
Carve fruit as told (4)
Peel a fruit (4)
Skin an apple Family Time 21 Oct 2024
Trim couple heard
Trim, as you would a lemon rind
Whittle down Thomas Joseph 10 Oct 2024
Trim (down) Commuter 05 Oct 2024
Prepare an apple, perhaps
Peel, like a potato USA Today 24 Sep 2024
Trim off the skin (anagram of "reap")
Apple pie prep step LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2024
Shave off two, one is told (4)
Peel fruit say The Sun Two Speed 09 Sep 2024
Whittle down The Sun Two Speed 09 Sep 2024
Reap, perhaps, and cut? (4)
___ down (trim) USA Today 16 Aug 2024
Peel fruit, say? The Telegraph Mini 05 Aug 2024
Cut brace loudly The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Aug 2024
Trim; pear (anag.) The Telegraph Mini 24 Jul 2024
Cut back Newsday 20 Jul 2024
Trim (down) Universal 17 Jul 2024
Trim (4) The Guardian Quick 11 Jul 2024
Trim down Commuter 03 Jul 2024
Trim (down) Universal 28 Jun 2024
Canadian actress Jessica of "Mad Men"
___ down (edit for length)
Peel with a knife Universal 18 Jun 2024
Peel, like a mango USA Today 14 Jun 2024
Remove peel
Trim vegetables
Remove, as a fruit peel Newsday 27 May 2024
Trim excess from
Trim couple, say (4)
Trim (down) Universal 01 Apr 2024
Peel a pear, ironically Family Time 31 Mar 2024
European apparently doing well at Open, making cut
Scrape off outer layer or skin of
Peel, like an apple USA Today 19 Mar 2024
Clip, shave (4) Puzzler 17 Mar 2024
Remove apple skin
Peel (fruit)
Peel a pear, possibly (4)
Peel, as potatoes Newsday 26 Feb 2024
Cut small shavings from, say, wood to sound like a singular 1 across! (4)
Trim or cut off something (anagram of "reap")
Scale down Newsday 14 Dec 2023
Reduce gradually Wall Street Journal 13 Dec 2023
To trim, shave (4)
Whittle down Thomas Joseph 22 Nov 2023
Use a fruit knife Eugene Sheffer 11 Nov 2023
Remove the rind from Universal 01 Nov 2023
Peel, as fruit Family Time 16 Oct 2023
Cut the peel off Universal 15 Oct 2023
Cut down on Newsday 12 Oct 2023
Trim off, as vegetable skin
Peel LA Times Daily 29 Sep 2023
Remove the peel from, say
Peel with a knife USA Today 27 Aug 2023
Remove, as a fruit peel Newsday 14 Aug 2023
Trim (down) New York Times 07 Aug 2023
Remove the rind from USA Today 02 Aug 2023
Remove the peel from USA Today 12 Jul 2023
Do a KP chore Thomas Joseph 07 Jun 2023
Whittle away Newsday 27 May 2023
Remove the rind from (anagram of "reap")
Whittle (down) LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2023
Cut the rind from Newsday 05 Apr 2023
Trim New York Times 15 Mar 2023
Use a peeler Universal 05 Mar 2023
Whittle (down) Eugene Sheffer 20 Jan 2023
Cut LA Times Daily 19 Jan 2023
Remove a rind from fruit Family Time 15 Jan 2023
Cut (down) LA Times Daily 25 Dec 2022
Winnow New York Times 17 Dec 2022
Rid of rind Eugene Sheffer 10 Dec 2022
Peel New York Times 03 Dec 2022
Peel LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2022
Skin a pear Family Time 27 Nov 2022
Peel with a knife Newsday 13 Nov 2022
Remove the rind from Wall Street Journal 01 Nov 2022
Whittle away Newsday 27 Oct 2022
Peel fruit, we're told The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Oct 2022
Trim off the skin, as from fruit
Remove a peel from Universal 16 Oct 2022
Cut (down) LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2022
Remove the rind from USA Today 22 Sep 2022
What's expected with energy cut?
What's expected with energy cut? The Guardian Quiptic 19 Sep 2022
Trim by cutting The Times Concise 26 Aug 2022
Cut Wall Street Journal 25 Aug 2022
Decrease gradually Newsday 28 Jul 2022
Whittle down Premier Sunday 24 Jul 2022
Trim down Thomas Joseph 07 Jul 2022
Trim New York Times 19 Jun 2022
Cut down Thomas Joseph 07 Jun 2022
Reduce in size Wall Street Journal 23 May 2022
Use a fruit knife Eugene Sheffer 12 May 2022
Trim Wall Street Journal 09 May 2022
Peel and remove exterior, initially The Telegraph Toughie 05 May 2022
Remove the rind from Newsday 04 May 2022
Jessica ___, actress who plays Megan Draper on the TV series "Mad Men"
Remove a rind from Newsday 18 Apr 2022
Cut The Washington Post 03 Apr 2022
Cut LA Times Daily 03 Apr 2022
Slim down Wall Street Journal 23 Feb 2022
Peel, as fruit Premier Sunday 06 Feb 2022
Whittle (down) The Washington Post Sunday 12 Dec 2021
Peel, as an apple's skin The Washington Post Sunday 14 Nov 2021
Whittle down Thomas Joseph 11 Nov 2021
Reduce in stages Wall Street Journal 06 Nov 2021
Cut back, as expenses
Whittle down Thomas Joseph 12 Oct 2021
Whittle (down) Eugene Sheffer 09 Sep 2021
Trim Wall Street Journal 30 Aug 2021
Cut, as costs Universal 24 Aug 2021
Remove peel from The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2021
Whittle (down) New York Times 11 Aug 2021
Trim Wall Street Journal 07 Aug 2021
Remove the peel from USA Today 27 Jul 2021
Reduce LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2021
Reduce The Washington Post 18 Jul 2021
Standard finish to Rolls-Royce trim
Remove the skin from USA Today 06 Jul 2021
Rid of rind Eugene Sheffer 18 May 2021
Skin a pear Family Time 16 May 2021
Cut back Wall Street Journal 10 May 2021
Skin Wall Street Journal 01 May 2021
Take the rind off Newsday 19 Apr 2021
Whittle (down) Eugene Sheffer 02 Apr 2021
Shave New York Times 09 Mar 2021
Trim (down) The Washington Post Sunday 07 Mar 2021
Make less edgy? Newsday 20 Feb 2021
Remove the outside of Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2021
Trim New York Times 02 Feb 2021
Whittle (down) Universal 28 Jan 2021
Remove the peel from USA Today 23 Dec 2020
Peel, as an apple Universal 21 Dec 2020
Use a fruit knife Eugene Sheffer 17 Dec 2020
Whittle (down) Newsday 22 Nov 2020
Trim down Wall Street Journal 09 Nov 2020
Take the rind off Universal 06 Oct 2020
Remove an apple's skin Family Time 14 Sep 2020
Peel The Washington Post 20 Aug 2020
Peel LA Times Daily 20 Aug 2020
Peel, as potatoes Wall Street Journal 04 Aug 2020
Remove rinds from Thomas Joseph 03 Aug 2020
Cut back on Newsday 16 Jul 2020
Trim by slicing The Times Concise 10 Jul 2020
Cut back Universal 04 Jul 2020
Remove the rind from Newsday 16 Jun 2020
Reduce LA Times Daily 16 May 2020
Reduce The Washington Post 16 May 2020
Remove, as a rind The Washington Post Sunday 03 May 2020
Remove the skin from USA Today 20 Mar 2020
Make smaller Wall Street Journal 19 Mar 2020
Cut, as expenses Universal 29 Feb 2020
Trim fruit by mouth
Trim by cutting The Times Concise 03 Feb 2020
Trim
Remove apple skins Family Time 29 Dec 2019
Remove, as rinds Newsday 22 Dec 2019
Whittle (down) LA Times Daily 16 Dec 2019
Whittle (down) The Washington Post 16 Dec 2019
Free of skin Wall Street Journal 12 Dec 2019
Peel, as fruit Premier Sunday 08 Dec 2019
Free of skin Thomas Joseph 07 Dec 2019
Trim down Newsday 20 Oct 2019
Cut the rind from Universal 16 Oct 2019
Peel fruit say The Sun Two Speed 15 Oct 2019
Remove rind from The Sun Two Speed 15 Oct 2019
Remove the peel from New York Times 08 Oct 2019
Remove the peel from
Reduce, as expenses Wall Street Journal 01 Oct 2019
Trim, with 'down' New York Times 29 Sep 2019
Shave couple by the ears?
Whittle down Thomas Joseph 18 Sep 2019
Remove the peel from Newsday 16 Sep 2019
Reduce Wall Street Journal 14 Sep 2019
Remove rinds Family Time 22 Jul 2019
Cut back LA Times Daily 12 Jul 2019
Cut back The Washington Post 12 Jul 2019
Cut back or cut off Newsday 05 Jul 2019
Remove the rind from Jonesin 02 Jul 2019
Slim down Wall Street Journal 16 May 2019
Trim Wall Street Journal 15 May 2019
Remove, as a fruit peel Newsday 14 May 2019
Standard finish to Rolls-Royce trim The Telegraph Cryptic 08 May 2019
Reduce The Washington Post Sunday 05 May 2019
Remove the skin of Wall Street Journal 29 Apr 2019
Prune Premier Sunday 28 Apr 2019
Remove the rind from USA Today 28 Apr 2019
Opposite of embiggen LA Times Daily 29 Mar 2019
Opposite of embiggen The Washington Post 29 Mar 2019
Pie recipe verb Newsday 23 Mar 2019
Use a peeler Universal 10 Feb 2019
Trim off the skin
Make cutbacks in Newsday 19 Jan 2019
Cut, as expenses USA Today 17 Jan 2019
Cut the skin from
Cut, as expenses
Trim, with "down"
Cut back
Cut the rind from
Use a peeler
Remove the rind from
Trim, as expenses
Reduce
Reduce, as expenses
Remove the outside of
Remove the skin of
Slim down
Trim
Cut back
Opposite of embiggen
Trim, as expenses USA Today 24 Dec 2018
Cut with a small knife LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2018
Cut with a small knife The Washington Post 02 Dec 2018
Trim Thomas Joseph 21 Nov 2018
Trim or cut off something
Cut (down) New York Times 08 Oct 2018
Remove the rind form Newsday 01 Oct 2018
Take a little off LA Times Daily 29 Sep 2018
Take a little off The Washington Post 29 Sep 2018
Remove fruit skin Family Time 17 Sep 2018
Trim, as costs Newsday 30 Aug 2018
Whittle down Wall Street Journal 30 Jul 2018
Movie villain with a red eye New York Times 18 Jul 2018
Scale down gradually
Strip the rind from USA Today 11 Jun 2018
Make a twist from Newsday 02 Jun 2018
Father about to get cut off The Telegraph Cryptic 15 May 2018
Remove a rind Family Time 09 Apr 2018
Cut, as expenses Newsday 21 Mar 2018
Peel a fruit or two, by the sound of it The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Mar 2018
Whittle down Newsday 16 Feb 2018
Trim fruit skin Family Time 07 Jan 2018
Cut (down)
Whittle down
Remove the peel from
Strip the rind from
Take a little off
Cut with a small knife
Peel
Reduce gradually Wall Street Journal 28 Dec 2017
Dramatically reduce Universal 19 Dec 2017
Cut, as costs Universal 29 Nov 2017
Do a KP chore Thomas Joseph 27 Nov 2017
Do some potato prep Universal 26 Nov 2017
The old man, extremely rude, is cut off
Remove, as a potato peel
Trim Universal 06 Oct 2017
Downsize Newsday 05 Oct 2017
Shave LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2017
Shave The Washington Post 08 Sep 2017
Whittle The Washington Post 18 Jun 2017
Whittle LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2017
Use a peeler on USA Today 06 Jun 2017
Peel Canadiana 08 May 2017
Trim back Newsday 20 Apr 2017
Use a vegetable peeler Universal 07 Feb 2017
Cut back, as expenses USA Today 31 Jan 2017
Lessen, with 'down' The Washington Post 12 Jan 2017
Reduce, as expenses Newsday 11 Jan 2017
Peel
Whittle
Use a peeler on
Cut back, as expenses
Cut, as costs
Do some potato prep
Dramatically reduce
Trim
Shave
Decorticate New York Times 31 Dec 2016
Remove apple skins Universal 29 Dec 2016
Scale (down) Newsday 01 Dec 2016
Skin, as an apple Universal 23 Nov 2016
Cut the rind off Newsday 15 Nov 2016
Whittle down USA Today 18 Oct 2016
Reduce, as expenses Universal 13 Oct 2016
Remove, as a rind Universal 08 Oct 2016
Trim LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2016
Trim back The Washington Post 17 Aug 2016
Lessen, as expenses New York Times 16 Aug 2016
Cut back New York Times 03 Aug 2016
Slowly reduce, with ''down'' Newsday 17 Jul 2016
Cut away the outer layer of Wall Street Journal 27 Jun 2016
Whittle down New York Times 23 Jun 2016
Whittle away Newsday 19 Jun 2016
Cut back Newsday 12 Jun 2016
Peel fruit noisily The Telegraph Cryptic 26 May 2016
Trim back Family Time 15 May 2016
Reduce by whittling The Chronicle of Higher Education 29 Apr 2016
Reduce, as expenses USA Today 29 Apr 2016
Peel, as an apple The Washington Post 23 Apr 2016
Remove rind from USA Today 10 Apr 2016
Trim down USA Today 09 Apr 2016
Remove, as a potato peel Jonesin 05 Apr 2016
Whittle (down) USA Today 01 Apr 2016
Trim, as expenses Universal 26 Mar 2016
Peel, as an apple Newsday 22 Mar 2016
Prune Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2016
Peel, as an apple Jonesin 02 Feb 2016
Strip a fruit Universal 05 Jan 2016
Remove apple skins
Reduce, as expenses
Decorticate
Whittle down
Lessen, as expenses
Reduce by whittling
Trim
Cut back
Strip a fruit
Trim off in layers Irish Times Simplex 28 Dec 2015
Remove, as a rind LA Times Daily 15 Dec 2015
Trim, as expenses Newsday 09 Dec 2015
Remove rind from Newsday 07 Oct 2015
Do a kitchen chore Wall Street Journal 31 Aug 2015
Remove a rind from fruit Family Time 17 Aug 2015
Trim, as costs New York Times 06 Jul 2015
Reduce Newsday 19 Jun 2015
Denude an apple USA Today 12 Jun 2015
Cut back on, as expenses New York Times 02 Jun 2015
One of the cutbacks in Trim Irish Times Crosaire 19 May 2015
Trim old man getting about The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Apr 2015
Thin out Newsday 11 Apr 2015
Cut down to size? USA Today 02 Apr 2015
Trim (down) Premier Sunday 08 Mar 2015
Tries to punch New York Times 12 Feb 2015
Remove, as a potato peel New York Times 02 Feb 2015
Remove, as a peel LA Times Daily 19 Jan 2015
Cut down to size?
Remove, as a rind
Trim down
Reduce, as expenses
Denude an apple
Edit, in a way
Remove, as a potato peel
Whittle down
Whittle (down)
Trim, as expenses
Thin out
Remove the rind from
Remove rind from
Reduce
Peel, as an apple
Trim, as apples
Trim
Remove, as a peel
Whittle (down)
Trim, as costs
Trim (down)
Cut back on, as expenses
Take a coat off
Remove a rind
Diminish
Remove the rind from
Remove the skin from
Rid of rind
Trim (down)
Diminish, with "down"
Trim
Remove, as an outer coating
Take off the skin
Cut the skin from
Shave
Remove, as a rind
Cut down, as expenses
Whittle (down)
Peel
Remove the rind from
Cut down
Cut down a bloated budget
Skin, as an apple
Use a fruit knife
Use a fruit knife on
Cut back
Use a fruit knife on
Use a vegetable peeler
Use a vegetable peeler
Whittle (down)
Curtail
Cut down
Cut the skin from
Trim
Reduce
Whittle
Whittle (down)
Whittle down
Curtail
Cut the skin from
Reduce
Trim, as expenses
Cut off in layers
Take the skin off
Peel, as apples
Prep, as apples for applesauce
Prep, as apples for applesauce
Peel, as a potato
Cut down on
Whittle
Cut the peel from
Cut down, as expenses
Use a peeler on
Whittle down
Skin fruit
Whittle (down)
Peel
Ready for baking, maybe
Shave
Denude an apple
Reduce, as expenses
Peel, as an apple
Use a peeler on
Cut back
Dramatically reduce
Skin, as an apple
Cut the outer layer off
Cut the peel from
Cut the fat
Reduce bit by bit
Remove a rind
Reduce bit by bit
Prepare, as apples for pie
Cut the peel from
Prepare, as apples for pie
Whittle down
Skin
Take a coat off
Prepare apples for cooking
Cut the skin from
Downsize
Whittle
Remove, as skin
Trim, as apples
Strip peaches
Whittle
Skin
Whittle down
Cut off in layers
Gradually reduce (with "down")
Trim, as apples
Trim (down)
Rid of rind
Skin
Remove, as fruit skin
Ready apples for a pie
Strip (down)
Downsize
Peel, as a rind
Trim with a knife
Trim with a knife
Use a 90 Down
Cut the peel off
Downsize
Cut, as expenses
Peel, as a rind
Downsize
Remove, as rinds
Remove rinds
Skin, as an apple
Peel off, as a peel
Prune
Shave
Use a vegetable peeler on
Skin
Prepare apples for applesauce
Whittle down
Shave down
Whittle, with "down"
Remove rinds
Prune
Strip an orange
Scale down
Remove, in a way
Cut (away)
Remove, in a way
Lessen
Cut back
Cut down
Trim
Remove, as an outer coating
Lessen
Remove the skin of, as an apple
Scale down
Remove a rind, e.g.
Peel, as potatoes
Use a small knife, in a way
Trim
Trim
Winnow
Use a fruit knife on
Reduce
Cut the outer layer of
Remove the skin of
Cut (down), as expenses
Whittle down
Decrease gradually, with "down"
Downsize
Cut (down), as expenses
Whittle down
Trim away
Take off the coat
Remove rind
Remove an outer coating
Cut the fat, e.g.
Work with apples
Take the rind off
Remove, as rind
Do a kitchen chore
Decrease gradually (with "down")
Peel, as a potato
Strip a Granny Smith?
Gradually reduce, with "down"
Peel
Trim the excess
Trim down
Skin
Peel
Shorten
Whittle
Remove the peel
Skin
Reduce
Cut back
Deal with a bloated budget
Trim
Skin
Trim
Reduce, as expenses
Prune
Trim back
Strip
Skin skin
Cut down to size
Scale down
Cut back
Cut down
Cut (down), as expenses
Rid of rind
Reduce, as expenses
Get the carrots ready
Fix apples for a pie
Peel
Excoriate
Reduce, as expenses
Scale down
Take a coat off
Use a peeler
Trim back
Remove the peel
Gradually decrease
Trim the excess
Remove the surface
Cut (down)
Scale down
Prepare potatoes
Lessen, with "down"
Peel, as an apple
Cut back, with "down"
Whittle down
Unwind a rind
Remove, as a rind
Cut (down)
Remove skin from
Cut back on
Use a small knife
Homophone of 15-Across
Peel
Remove the skin from
Trim down
Remove the rind
Skin
Cut down, as expenses
Decrease
Fix potatoes
Whittle
Make cuts
Remove the rind
Downsize
Decrease gradually, with "down"
Cut a bit
Downsize
Remove the peel of
Prepare apples for applesauce
Scale down
Remove by cutting
Reduce, as expenses
Peel
Whittle
Curtail
Peel
Skin
Skin, as an apple
Cut off in layers
Scale down
Trim back
Take off the skin
Cut
Prep potatoes
Remove a rind
Peel
Diminish, with "down"
Whittle
Skin an apple
Strip peaches
Take a knife to
Cut down
Reduce
Remove, as an outer coating
Remove rind
Cut back
Remove the peel
Scale down
Remove rind
Ready an apple
____ down: reduce as expenses
Strip an orange
Documentary filmmaker Lorentz
Peel, as an apple
Reduce
Remove a coating
Remove outer skin
Do K.P. work
Cut off
Diminish gradually
Do K.P.
Use a peeler
Cut back on expenses, e.g.
Trim, with "away"
Cut
Shave an apple
Reduce, in a way
Denude potatoes
Whittle away
"Father of French Surgery"
Crop
Trim back
Do a K.P. job
Father of modern surgery
Diminish
Do a kitchen-police job
"Father of French surgery"
Remove the outer coating
Do some whittling
Reduce by degrees
Lessen
Decrease
Cut costs
Diminish bit by bit
Shave.
Reduce.
Cut.
Cut down.
Trim.
Peel.
Shave off.
Make less.
Father of French surgery (1517–1590).
Father of French surgery.
Famous French surgeon (1517–90).
Father of modern surgery.
Trim away.
Reduce as if by cutting.
Remove the rind.
Do a KP job.
Trim off.
Reduce gradually.
Adorned: Fr.
Cut away.
Remove the rind of.
Decorticate.
Sparingly remove the rind.
Shave
Trim off
Reduce by cutting.
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