| noun | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something |
| noun | (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” |
| verb | decrease gradually or bit by bit |
| verb | cut small bits or pare shavings from “whittle a piece of wood” |
| verb | strip the skin off “pare apples” |
| verb | remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size “pare one's fingernails” |
| verb | make a score (on a hole) equal to par |
| pare | verb | cut small bits or pare shavings from |
| slivery | adjective | resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points |
| sliver | verb | form into slivers |
| shave | verb | make shavings of or reduce to shavings |
| whittler | noun | someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) |
| paring | noun | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something |
| skin | noun | the rind of a fruit or vegetable |
| skinner | noun | a person who prepares or deals in animal skins |
| peel | noun | the rind of a fruit or vegetable |
| peeler | noun | a device for peeling vegetables or fruits |
| parer | noun | a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables |
| trimmer | noun | a machine that trims timber |
| par | noun | (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course |