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  • 131trim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. neat, well ordered, compact, tidy, spruce, smart; slim, lean. v. order, tidy, adjust, dress, arrange; decorate, ornament, adorn; defeat; cheat; balance, equalize; cut, lop, shear, prune, barber;… …

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  • 132peel — 1. verb 1) peel and core the fruit Syn: pare, skin, take the skin/rind off; hull, shell, husk, shuck; technical decorticate 2) use a long knife to peel the veneer Syn: trim (off), peel off, pare, strip …

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