Paring

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  • noun. Something, such as a skin or peel, that has been pared off.
  • noun. The act of removing the outer covering or skin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which is pared off; a thin piece cut, clipped, or shaved off; hence, a scrap: as, cheese-parings; the parings of grass-lands.
  • noun. The rind or outermost crust.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
  • noun. That which is pared off.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of pare.
  • noun. A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  • noun. (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
  • Word Usage
    "They eventually will begin paring down their list to a second group of finalists and conduct a second round of interviews, Jeff Wilpon, the franchise's chief operating officer, said in a conference call."
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