pare
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
decrease gradually or bit by bit
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cut small bits or pare shavings from
whittle a piece of wood
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
strip the skin off
pare apples
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
pare one's fingernails
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whittler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring knife |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peeler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peeler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skinner |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | strip |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | peel off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flay |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trimmer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | parer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dress |