A Paring Question--Will anyone answer?

[Eumenides]

What the hell is paring?

 

[cybergirly]

It requires the use of a paring knife.....

 

[Pixie]

I thought it meant coupling?

 

[calypso_21]

Isn't it putting two things together?

 

[JaymesBlond007]

edited because cybergirly beat me to it.

(smarty pants...)

 

[WaxNWane]

No, that's pairing....

You know, like paradigms (20 cents).


Wheeeeee! Wordplay!

 

[Chantal Marchon]

In what context? There could be more then one meaning.

 

[Eumenides]

It requires the use of a paring knife.....

That I know. But how does one pare?

 

[Romial]

That I know. But how does one pare?

Very carefully.

 

[calypso_21]

That I know. But how does one pare?

Very very carefully!

 

[ma_guy]

"pairing" is two of something.
"paring" (no "i" after the "a") is removing the outer surface of an item and/or cutting an item into chunks.

 

[Saint Peter]

Main Entry: pare
Pronunciation: 'par, 'per
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): pared; par·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French parer to prepare, trim, from Latin parare to prepare, acquire; akin to Latin parere to give birth to, produce, Lithuanian pereti to hatch
Date: 14th century
1 : to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of <pare apples> <paring his nails>
2 : to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring <pare expenses> <the novel was pared down to 200 pages>
- par·er noun

 

[Chantal Marchon]

If you are talking about cooking- to pare means to cut into
small(er) pieces. Like apple slices--- to make small precise cuts.

used in sentence you might say-- I want to pare down that bar of soap into a small sculpture of a rose.

 

[crappie master]

I think it's like peeling.Only with a knife.

 

[Romial]

Very very carefully!

Beat ya to it.

 

[Eumenides]

Hehe...go on...go on!

 

[Nora]

I think it's like peeling.Only with a knife.

yeah. what he ^^^ said.

Now the real question is who on Lit we'd like to pare..

 

[phrodeau]

Cutting close to the edge or surface.

One would pare an apple to remove the skin.

One pares fingernails to shorten them.

 

[Pixie]

"pairing" is two of something.
"paring" (no "i" after the "a") is removing the outer surface of an item and/or cutting an item into chunks.

Duh! True...I guess I'd better stop posting at all hours of the night...

 

[cybergirly]

edited because cybergirly beat me to it.

(smarty pants...)

I'm fast like that.

 

[calypso_21]

yeah. what he ^^^ said.

Now the real question is who on Lit we'd like to pare..

Now there is the million dollar question!

 

[cybergirly]

yeah. what he ^^^ said.

Now the real question is who on Lit we'd like to pare..

Now that could be a fun list.

 

[Agent99]

Wax and Wane your post is a paradox.























You know... two physicians!

 

[Nora]

Caly, Girly? The question is are we talking about taking off actual skin or just skin-tight clothes.

 

[cybergirly]

Caly, Girly? The question is are we talking about taking off actual skin or just skin-tight clothes.

ooooooooo.... In that case both lists could be fun, one much more so than the other.