paring

[ UK /pˈe‍əɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  2. (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
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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
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