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View synonyms for paring

paring

[ pair-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that pares.
  2. a piece or part pared off:

    apple parings.



paring

/ ˈpɛərɪŋ /

noun

  1. often plural something pared or cut off


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Word History and Origins

Origin of paring1

1350–1400; Middle English (gerund); pare, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

The 15-part show was due to begin on March 3, with Peaches paring up with her Golden Retriever, Parper.

As American president Theodore Roosevelt found, paring down language can go too far.

How did the novel evolve away from your original idea of it, and can you say something the editorial process, the paring away.

It has the shape of a chef's knife, and the fine motor control of a paring knife.

They look like the most sober and ambitious of minimal paintings, taking Barnett Newman and paring him down further.

When I again turned to Lessard he still stood at the end of the desk, industriously paring his fingernails.

After an apple was pared in one continuous strip, the paring was tossed three times round the head, and then thrown to the floor.

The pen-knife slid along the bit of glass he was paring upon, and cut his other hand.

For, in paring, we lose a portion of the richest part of the potato, as in the case of paring the apple.

For preparing grapefruit, a narrow, sharp-bladed paring knife may be used.

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