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[pair] 
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pare
[pair]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel, trim |
| Synonyms: | carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short |
| Synonyms: | bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, trim, truncate |
| Antonyms: | lengthen |
| Main Entry: | crop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, trim off |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, curtail, detach, detruncate, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, pollard, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, top, truncate |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
| Synonyms: | blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate, pare, scab, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, wear away |
| Main Entry: | lop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trim |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, pare down, prune, shear, snip, truncate |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce, minimize |
| Synonyms: | abate, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, de-escalate, decrease, decry, deflate, demote, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, downgrade, downsize, lessen, mark down, moderate, pare, prune, roll back, scale down, shave, slash, soften, tone down, undervalue, write off |
| Antonyms: | elevate, heighten, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, tear off, uncover |
| Notes: | rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges, grapefruit, and watermelon; once removed, skin or rind is usually known as peel |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed, tender, referring to skin |
| Synonyms: | abraded, au naturel, blistered, bruised, chafed, cut, dressed, galled, grazed, naked, nude, open, pared, peeled, scraped, scratched, sensitive, skinned, sore, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, wounded |
| Antonyms: | healed, healthy |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less; decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, bankrupt, bant, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, go on a diet, impair, impoverish, lessen, lose weight, lower, mark down, moderate, nutshell, pare, pauperize, rebate, recede, roll back, ruin, scale down, shave, shorten, slash, slim, slow down, step down, take off weight, taper, taper off, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, wind down |
| Antonyms: | expand, extend, grow, increase, raise, upgrade |
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