[
UK
/pˈeəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈpɛɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
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(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
How To Use paring In A Sentence
- My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
- So I was writing an email about comparing Mormonism and traditional Christianity and I wrote “moronism” instead. Moronism « Christopher Colaninno
- It was now early evening, and Vera was in the kitchen, preparing the food that she had sent Bill out for.
- Those prayers were heard, for God was preparing him for his future task.
- He was preparing some sermon/bible study thingo.
- In comparing different voices and different accounts, he naturally finds many discrepancies. The Times Literary Supplement
- Her name means happiness, but she is a widow with five children who makes ends meet by washing clothes for the neighbourhood and preparing injera, the unleavened bread prepared today as it was 1000 years ago.
- They are only preparing them for the preferential treatment awaiting them when they become hardened criminals in modern jails. The Sun
- Former Springbok hooker Shaun Povey and scrumming expert Dougie Heymans have also arrived at the camp to assist coaching staff in preparing the forwards.
- Then Kirwill retraced his route a second time, without the lamp and without a magnifying glass, comparing the ninhydrin prints with his own card of the prints of James Kirwill. Gorky Park