Synonyms of the word

paring

• v. present participle of pare.
• n. A fragment or shaving that has been pared.

fragment

• n. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
• n. (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
• n. (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
• v. (intransitive) To break apart.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
• v. (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

object

• n. A thing that has physical existence.
• n. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
• n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.…
• n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
• n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
• n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists…
• n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
• v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach;…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

shaving

• n. (countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
• n. (uncountable) The action of having a shave.
• v. present participle of shave.

sliver

• n. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
• n. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding…
• n. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
• n. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
• v. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise;…