Verbs

(v)pare, pare downdecrease gradually or bit by bit
(v)whittle, parecut small bits or pare shavings from“whittle a piece of wood”
(v)skin, peel, pareremove the skin from“pare apples”
(v)pare, trimremove the edges from and cut down to the desired size“pare one's fingernails”, “trim the photograph”, “trim lumber”