paring

Definitions

The act of trimming or cutting away the outer edge or skin of something.

A thin strip or piece of something that has been cut off, such as a fruit or vegetable peel.

Examples

She used a small paring knife to peel the apples for the pie.

The chef spent the morning paring down the menu to focus on seasonal ingredients.

Synonyms

peeling shaving trimming clipping skinning cutting sliver

Antonyms

adding increasing expanding enlarging augmenting attaching accumulating