verb (v)

• decrease gradually or bit by bit(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  pare down
  

  source: wordnet30
• cut small bits or pare shavings from(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  whittle
  

  source: wordnet30
• strip the skin off(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Pare apples.
  

  Synonym:
  flay, peel, skin
  

  source: wordnet30
• remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Pare one's fingernails.
  

  Synonym:
  trim
  

  source: wordnet30
• To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.(verb)

  source: webster1913