transitive. To cut, shave, or shear off (an outer border, surface, rind, or skin); to trim away (a projection or, formerly, any part on the outside…

To remove by scraping or paring; to cut off in thin slices or shavings; also to shave off.

With away, off, out, or prepositional phrase. transitive. To remove by scraping or rasping; to scrape off or out; to cut or shave off. Obsolete.

To pare or cut off.