pare

Other forms of pare

past tense

pared·

present participle

paring·

third person

pares·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pare

What does pare mean?

pare means "decrease gradually or bit by bit". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pare?

pare has 1 syllable: pare. In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹ/.

What is another word for pare?

Close synonyms include pare down, whittle, skin, peel, trim. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pare a common word?

pare is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pare?

7 words rhyme with pare. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.