Paring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something, such as a skin or peel, that has been pared off.
  • n. The act of removing the outer covering or skin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of pare.
  • n. A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
  • n. That which is pared off.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of trimming something, or of reducing it in size or thickness by cutting or shaving off small portions from the surface or extremity.
  • n. That which is pared off; a thin piece cut, clipped, or shaved off; hence, a scrap: as, cheese-parings; the parings of grass-lands.
  • n. The rind or outermost crust.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  • n. (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cut    slice    shave    shaving    skive    skiving    chip   
    Verb Stem
    pare   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baring    Behring    Bering    airing    baring    bearing    blaring    caring    chairing    comparing   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pomace    slicer    radish    bunch grass    gazpacho    camisk    magnetics    peeler    flan    pye