pare off

pare something off (of) something

and pare something off

to cut something off something.(Of is usually retained before pronouns.) See if you can pare a bit of this extra wood off the edge of the base of this pillar. Pare off some of the wood.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Peggy	PEG-ee	English
Aristides	ah-ree-STEE-dhes (Spanish), ə-reesh-TEE-dəsh (Portuguese), ə-reesh-CHEE-jəsh (Brazilian Portuguese)	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Spanish, Portuguese
Sandy	['sændi]
Zdislava	-	Czech
Ioane	-	Georgian (Archaic)
Naomi (2)	nah-o-mee	Japanese