The meaning of Paring

noun

A small piece trimmed from something.

Usage examples:

Hedge clippings and grass cuttings

noun

A piece that has been cut off something

Usage examples:

Grass/nail clippings, a friend sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with.

noun

The action of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

adjective

Said or done to hurt someone’s feelings

Usage examples:

She made a cutting remark about his table manners.

verb

Remove the bark, rind, or husk from.

Usage examples:

Tamarind seeds were cleaned, roasted, decorticated, and pulverized

adjective

Having had the cortex of the brain removed or separated.

Usage examples:

The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.

verb

Damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).

Usage examples:

The discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose

verb

To write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad

Usage examples:

His latest novel received excoriating reviews., the president excoriated the western press for thei…

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something

Usage examples:

A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

verb

Remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

She watched him peel an apple with deliberate care

noun

The outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable.

Usage examples:

Pieces of potato peel

noun

A flat implement like a shovel, especially one used by a baker for carrying loaves or similar items of food into or out of an oven.

Usage examples:

A wooden pizza peel

plural noun

Strips of the outer skin of a vegetable or fruit.

Usage examples:

Potato peelings

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

The tough outer skin of certain fruit, especially citrus fruit.

Usage examples:

Decorate with fine shreds of orange rind

verb

Strip the bark from (a tree).

Usage examples:

When the meat ran out they had to rind trees and chew the inner bark for nourishment

noun

A thin strip cut off a surface.

Usage examples:

She brushed wood shavings from her knees

noun

Small, very thin pieces of a hard substance

Usage examples:

The floor was covered in wood shavings.

noun

A strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger.

Usage examples:

Her dress was torn to shreds

verb

Tear or cut into shreds.

Usage examples:

The tender inside leaves can be shredded finely for tasty salads and braised red cabbage is fantast…

verb

To cut or tear something into small pieces

Usage examples:

Shred some lettuce into the salad bowl., he shredded documents to get rid of them., there isn’t a s…

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

noun

A small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A sliver of cheese

verb

Cut (something, especially food) into small, thin pieces.

Usage examples:

Sliver the blanched almonds, chop the pistachios, and set them aside

noun

A thin, sharp piece, usually broken off something larger

Usage examples:

The glass smashed into slivers., i just want a sliver of cake.

verb

Remove all coverings from.

Usage examples:

They stripped the bed

noun

An act of undressing, especially in a striptease.

Usage examples:

She got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano

noun

A long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.

Usage examples:

A strip of linen

noun

Small pieces trimmed off something.

Usage examples:

Hedge trimmings

plural noun

Trimmings are also other foods that are usually served with the main dish of a meal

Usage examples:

For thanksgiving, we always have turkey with all the trimmings.