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paring
Overview of noun paring
The noun paring has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. paring, sliver, shaving -- (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
2. paring -- ((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")
Overview of verb pare
The verb pare has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) pare, pare down -- (decrease gradually or bit by bit)
2. whittle, pare -- (cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood")
3. skin, peel, pare -- (strip the skin off; "pare apples")
4. pare, trim -- (remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paring
2 senses of paring
Sense 1
paring, sliver, shaving
=> fragment
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
paring
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun paring
1 of 2 senses of paring
Sense 1
paring, sliver, shaving
=> splint
=> turning
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paring
2 senses of paring
Sense 1
paring, sliver, shaving
=> fragment
Sense 2
paring
=> object, physical object
Antonyms of noun paring
Member Holonyms of noun paring
Substance Holonyms of noun paring
Part Holonyms of noun paring
Member Meronyms of noun paring
Substance Meronyms of noun paring
Part Meronyms of noun paring
Meronyms of noun paring
Holonyms of noun paring
Attributes of noun paring
Derived Forms of noun paring
2 senses of paring
Sense 1
paring, sliver, shaving
RELATED TO>(verb) pare#2
=> whittle, pare
Sense 2
paring
RELATED TO>(verb) pare#3
=> skin, peel, pare
Domain of noun paring
1 of 2 senses of paring
Sense 2
paring
USAGE>(noun) plural#1, plural form#1
Domain Terms of noun paring
Familiarity of noun paring
paring used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun paring
2 senses of paring
Sense 1
paring, sliver, shaving
> fragment
=> bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
=> brickbat
=> cinder, clinker
=> clast
=> ember, coal
=> filing
=> paring, sliver, shaving
=> restriction fragment
=> scraping
=> spall, spawl
=> spark
Sense 2
paring
> object, physical object
=> whole, unit
=> living thing, animate thing
=> location
=> charm, good luck charm
=> curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
=> draw, lot
=> film
=> hoodoo
=> je ne sais quoi
=> keepsake, souvenir, token, relic
=> makeweight, filler
=> part, portion
=> property, prop
=> snake
=> stuff
=> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> paring
=> catch
=> commemorative
=> discard
=> finding
=> floater
=> fomite, vehicle
=> geological formation, formation
=> growth
=> head
=> ice
=> land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
=> land, ground, soil
=> moon
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> remains
=> ribbon, thread
=> shiner
=> vagabond
=> wall
=> web
Meronyms of noun paring
2 senses of paring
Holonyms of noun paring
Grep of noun paring
comparing
paring
paring knife
Antonyms of verb pare
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pare
4 senses of pare
Sense 1
pare, pare down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
whittle, pare
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
=> strip
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 4
pare, trim
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pare
2 of 4 senses of pare
Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
=> peel off
=> flay
Sense 4
pare, trim
=> dress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pare
4 senses of pare
Sense 1
pare, pare down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 2
whittle, pare
=> cut
Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
=> strip
Sense 4
pare, trim
=> cut
'Cause To' of verb pare
Derived Forms of verb pare
3 of 4 senses of pare
Sense 2
whittle, pare
RELATED TO>(noun) paring#1
=> paring, sliver, shaving
Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
RELATED TO>(noun) parer#2
=> parer, paring knife
RELATED TO>(noun) paring#2
=> paring
Sense 4
pare, trim
RELATED TO>(noun) parer#1
=> parer
Domain of verb pare
Domain Terms of verb pare
Familiarity of verb pare
pare used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb pare
4 senses of pare
Sense 1
pare, pare down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
whittle, pare
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
EX: The chefs pare the vegetables
Sense 4
pare, trim
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb pare
4 senses of pare
Sense 1
pare, pare down
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 2
whittle, pare
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
> strip
=> skin, peel, pare
=> bark, skin
=> decorticate
=> pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
Sense 4
pare, trim
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pare
Sense 1
pare, pare down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 2
whittle, pare
=> cut
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Sense 3
skin, peel, pare
=> strip
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Sense 4
pare, trim
=> cut
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Grep of verb pare
compare
pare
pare down
parent
prepare
spare
Grep of adj paring
cheeseparing
sparing
unsparing
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