Words and phrases that have a meaning related to paring: (144 results)
Often used in the same context:
trimming, whittling, cutting, shedding, recouping, scaling, erasing, jettisoning, slashing, slimmed, winnowing, narrowing, consolidating, clawing, reducing, dropping, lopping, reorganizing, streamlining, prune, reversing, laying, retreating, eliminating, shutting, shifting, curtailing, blue chip, shrink, axing, greenback, stripping, toning, squeezing, reworking, halving, offsetting, revising, slowing, tweaking, ticked, retrenching, downsizing, nudging, yen, easing, shuttering, firmed, wiping, shaving, reshaping, slicing, underperforming, beefing, reining, lighten, bolstering, tapering, recasting, rebalance, retracing, chopping, bulking, nonessential, reshuffling, restructure, steepest, revamping, putting, boosting, refocusing, replenishing, inching, refashioning, weeding, pulling, lowering, ditching, sharply, dollar, furloughing, extending, unwinding, divesting, falling, buying, wringing, payrolls, leaner, economizing, rethinking, switching, tacking, shuffling, pence, rejig, curbing, dipped, shoring, rationalizing, yanking, reallocate, polishing, pruning, watering, cleaning, combing, oiling, soaking, washing, grinding, purging, brushing, dipping, dusting, rinsing, sanding, scouring, sifting, pinching, freewheeling, buccaneering, counterproductive, exploitative, exploitive, frugal, gathering, inefficient, inhumane, parsimonious, reprehensible, secretive, wasteful, businesslike, clientelistic, collecting
More specific:
splint
Appears in the definition of:
parer, paring knife
More general:
Also try:fragment, object, physical object
— Adjectives for paring: pre, thin, nail, careful, vertical, little, long, pliant, very, thick, unbroken, more...
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