Pare

(verb.) decrease gradually or bit by bit.

(verb.) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; 'pare one's fingernails'; 'trim the photograph'; 'trim lumber'.

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• Cultivate a superiority to reason, and see how you pare the claws of all the sensible people when they try to scratch you for your own good! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I must pare it and quarter it before I can enjoy it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Shaping and planing machines pare off the tough iron as if it were not harder than cheese. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He pared me down in this way for a long time. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I took out my knife, opened it, wiped off the blade and pared off the dirty outside surface of the cheese. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• A further process of paring and graining makes it ready for waxing or coloring, in which oil and lampblack are used on the flesh side. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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