PARE DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pare down mean? 

• PARE DOWN (verb)
  The verb PARE DOWN has 1 sense:

1. decrease gradually or bit by bit

  Familiarity information: PARE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARE DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decrease gradually or bit by bit

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

pare; pare down

Hypernyms (to "pare down" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something