Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which pares; specifically, an instrument for paring: as, an apple-parer, or a peach-parer.
- noun In agriculture, an instrument for scraping off weeds or grass or loosening their roots; specifically, a horse-hoe having a single broad flat blade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tool used topare things.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables
- noun a manicurist who trims the fingernails
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Examples
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Kristin, il y a quelque jour, j'ai appris le mot "parer" pour les vêtements.
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Kristin, il y a quelque jour, j'ai appris le mot "parer" pour les vêtements.
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Three months out of every year I became anything from a vegetable parer to assistant cook in some of the most famous kitchens in the world.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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Good: Oxo Good Grip Professional, $80 This 14-piece set includes all the essentials—8-inch chef's knife, slicer, utility knife, parer—plus six steak knives.
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Just another twit who reads the parer and plonks down what he finks
Gollum Brown( He Wants it ...) Newmania 2007
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Avoid, too, any pre-parer who claims to know the whole tax code; nobody does.
Taxing Matters 2008
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So I bought the parer, and I am pleased with myself over both.
Being My Own Granny Lindy 2006
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A parer, usually 3 to 4 inches long, is perfect for peeling and coring.
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Non è un video particolarmente ispirato a parer mio.
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Il finale poteva essere gestito meglio a parer mio.
No Fat Clips!!! : U.N.K.L.E. ft. IAN ASTBURY: Burn My Shadow 2007
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