pares
Cuts away skin
Pares is the third-person singular of pare, meaning to trim or cut away the outer layer of something: She pares the apples for pie.
To pare down is to reduce gradually: The company pared its workforce.
The word often appears in the phrase pare to the bone, meaning to reduce to the absolute minimum.
Sharp cutting utensil
Outer fruit layer
Cutting vegetation for health
- clippingPiece cut out
- trimmingCutting away excess
- shapingGiving something its form
- thinningReducing density or number
deadheading · lopping · cutting back · pinching · snipping · training · espalier
Coming off in strips
- coringRemoving central portion
- slicingCutting into portions
- dicingCutting into cubes
- trimmingCutting away excess
segmenting · zesting · skinning · hulling · deveining · seeding · quartering · sectioning
knife
Sharp cutting utensil
shaver · whittler · chisel · gouge · rasp · scraper · zester · corer
peel
Outer fruit layer
whittle · carve · clip · snip · cut · scrape · prune · fillet · core · skin
pruning
Cutting vegetation for health
thinning · deadheading · lopping · cutting back · pinching · snipping · training · espalier
peeling
Coming off in strips
trimming · segmenting · zesting · skinning · hulling · deveining · seeding · quartering · sectioning · spiraling
- combinacionesblends
paresadds
Joins to increase
accumulates · builds up · amasses · supplements · accrues
paresembellishes
Adds decorative elements
elaborates · ornaments · adorns · decorates · enriches
- pare downReduce by removing excess
- paring knifeSmall-bladed kitchen tool
- pared downReduced to basics
- paring knivesSmall kitchen cutting tools
- paring downGradual reduction process
- parking lot repairFixing vehicle storage areas
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