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# paring

noun (parings)

«paring» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paring/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a pig grubbing in a trough for potato parings; in cooking, the bits of peel left over

### Examples

- The pig ate the potato parings from the trough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paring/#x1)
- Save the apple parings for the compost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paring/#x2)
- She swept up the cabbage parings from the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paring/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paring/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paring.html) on Mova free.