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[ pair-ing ] / ˈpɛər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR paring ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that pares. a piece or part pared off: apple parings. Origin of paring1350–1400; Middle English (gerund); see pare, -ing1 Words nearby paringparietography, parieto-occipital sulcus, pari-mutuel, Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome, Parinaud's ophthalmoplegia, paring, paring chisel, paring gouge, paring knife, pari passu, paripinnate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paringThe 15-part show was due to begin on March 3, with Peaches paring up with her Golden Retriever, Parper. Peaches Geldof, Daughter of Rock Star Bob Geldof, Dies at 25|Nico Hines, Tom Sykes|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST As American president Theodore Roosevelt found, paring down language can go too far. Will Jargon Be the Death of the English Language?|The Telegraph|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST How did the novel evolve away from your original idea of it, and can you say something the editorial process, the paring away. Susan Minot on Africa, Joseph Kony, and the Limits of Writing About Love|Lea Carpenter|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST It has the shape of a chef's knife, and the fine motor control of a paring knife. The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They look like the most sober and ambitious of minimal paintings, taking Barnett Newman and paring him down further. Meet the Daring Blinky Palermo|Blake Gopnik|March 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST Another form of knife suitable for paring the edges of leather is shown at fig. 60, B. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books|Douglas Cockerell Maggie sat near her paring pumpkins, for a genuine New England Thanksgiving cannot be properly celebrated without pumpkin pies. Frank's Campaign|Horatio Alger, Jr. The shoemaker sprang to his feet and caught up his paring knife. Robert Falconer|George MacDonald Let a man take time enough for the most trivial deed, though it be but the paring of his nails. Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou For paring acid fruits, though, a plated knife is not so likely to cause discoloring as a common steel knife. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for paring
noun(often plural) something pared or cut off Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to paringshave, cut back, lower, prune, reduce, scrape, decrease, slash, cut down, mark down, cut, clip, flay, skin, decorticate, crop, dock, lop, thin, scalp |