pare something (down) to the bone

Examples of pared

pared

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Even in instances in which alternatives are pared down to one, one could still exercise volitional control in per forming the sole "open" action.
The more abstract and pared down both schemes become, the more difficult they are to detail and represent.
He has consistently pared away many of the illusions that can foster a self-congratulatory complacency among the apostles and acolytes of liberal constitutionalism.
His own indications of the plays' settings are therefore extremely simple, pared down, and stripped of naturalistic detail.
Any pared-down, parsimonious approach to culture leaves out too much reality.
Yet, his own influence in the neighbourhood and, as a consequence, also in the workplace had been pared down.
This pared-down approach is brilliantly suited to a play in which things get blown out of all proportion.
Another essential claim of the present account which must be worked out in more detail is that children derive ' pared down ' versions of the constructions to which they are exposed.
The process of modelling does not start from the most complex set of equations that can be conceived and then subsequently pared down to specifically applicable models.
The consolidation of the national postal system from 1890 to 1910 was, moreover, unprecedented; never before had the postal system so drastically pared back and refined its services.
Preschool children's social interactions involve complex abilities, such as pretense, with perhaps several playmates, whereas the classic epistemic triangle interaction involves a much more pared-down form of triadic exchange.
The allegation that we distorted the record is pared down to a tiny philosophical point, and then practically dropped altogether.
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