paring

Plural: parings

Noun

• A piece or part pared or cut off from something else.
• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
• (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
  • "she could peel an apple with a single long paring"
• A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
• The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage.

Verb

• decrease gradually or bit by bit
• cut small bits or pare shavings from
• strip the skin off
• remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
• make a score (on a hole) equal to par
• present participle and gerund of pare

Examples

• He collected the small PARING of cheese, thinking it looked like a mini Scrabble tile.

Synonyms

par, pare, pare down, peel, shaving, skin, sliver, trim, whittle