paring

• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
• Homophone: pairing

paring

1. present participle and gerund of pare

paring (plural parings)

1. A fragment or shaving that has been pared.
2. The cutting off of the surface of grassland for tillage.

• paring knife

• pringá, raping

From paren (“to pair; to mate, to copulate”) +‎ -ing.

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ring

paring f (plural paringen, diminutive parinkje n)

1. pairing (in a tournament)
2. copulation, mating

paring m (plural paringi)

1. alternative form of părâng