What does pare mean?

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  1. (transitive) to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
  2. (transitive, often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
  3. to trim the hoof of a horse
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One of the hardest parts of writing this report was to pare down the comments so the reader would not be overwhelmed.
Computeraided engineering and frame-gauge optimization pare down the weight.
Athens needs to pare down its bureaucracy, improve tax collection and liberalize its labor markets.
Ascetic readers would advise us to pare down, to lead simple, joyful, stuff-free lives.
Using a vegetable peeler, pare the skin from lemons, and divide between the three bowls.
Barrett has the ability to really pare away the onion skins of the individual to show the true man inside.

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