"paring" meaning in English

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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pairing"
    }
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  "word": "paring"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paring knife"
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      "form": "parings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A fragment or shaving that has been pared."
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          "sense": "a fragment or shaving that has been pared",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Hülle"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a fragment or shaving that has been pared",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a fragment or shaving that has been pared",
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            "masculine"
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        "The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage."
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      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹɪŋ"
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    {
      "homophone": "pairing"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "homophone": "pairing"
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      ],
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      ],
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      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pairing"
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      "sense": "a fragment or shaving that has been pared",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Hülle"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a fragment or shaving that has been pared",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schale"
    },
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