Definitions for paring

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paring par·ing

Spelling: [pair-ing]

IPA: /ˈpɛər ɪŋ/

Paring is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in paring (aginpr).

Definitions for paring

noun

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

verb (used with object)

1. to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
2. to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting (often followed by off or away).
3. to reduce or remove by or as by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often followed by down):

Origin of paring

1350-1400; Middle English (gerund); see pare, -ing¹

Examples for paring

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

And then goes on with her snipping and paring with the heartiest unconcern.

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

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

He was paring his mourning fringed nails with great indifference.

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

They are circumcision; shaving off the hair from the head and the body; the paring of the nails.

I will not surrender a Wampanoag, nor the paring of a Wampanoag's nail.

Held in this way the chisel has no equal for paring except the plane.

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