paring

skin

Body's outer layer

• rindTough outer covering
• zestKeen enjoyment or peel
• peelOuter fruit layer

strips · curls · shavings · apple · potato · citrus · fruit · vegetable · spirals · scraps

trimmings

Extras that complete something

• shavingsThin strips removed
• peelsRemoves outer covering
• cuttingsSnipped portions for growing

remnants · waste · bits · pieces · fragments · clippings · leavings · discards · offcuts · refuse

trimming

Cutting away excess

• cuttingDividing via sharp edge
• reducingMaking less or smaller
• slimmingBecoming thinner gradually

pruning · streamlining · downsizing · curtailing · eliminating · minimizing · stripping · condensing · narrowing · decreasing

blade

Flat cutting edge

• peelerSkin-removing utensil
• parerTool for removing skin
• cutterOne who severs

utility · steel · sharp · handle · edge · curved · serrated · boning · trimmer · slicing

whittling

Knife-carving wood into shapes

• sculptingShaping material into forms
• shapingGiving something its form
• shavingRemoving hair with blade

trimming · woodwork · chisel · chip · scrape · fashion · model · woodcarving · engraving · etching

• woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
• cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
• cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
• reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
• removing excesspruning, trimming, skimming, draining, filtering
• simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified